I think what the author means to say is that mainstream social media like Twitter and Facebook will increasingly silence conservative dissent. Yes, conservatives can start their own, but it will be a fringe, off the beaten track.
Right, it is, that's the whole premise of his piece.Then it must be a fringe, off the beaten track, point of view.
He means that it's an inversion of the hitherto American vision.So fringe, off the beaten track points of view are found mostly in fringe, off the beaten track outlets. I can't say that I'm surprised by that.
The simple fact is that true entrepreneurship is antithetical to conservatism. The whole impetus of conservatism is to maintain (conserve) the status quo, so people who tend to think outside the box (which is essential to entrepreneurship) will tend not to be conservative. What they will be, by nature, is progressive.I think what the author means to say is that mainstream social media like Twitter and Facebook will increasingly silence conservative dissent.
Only hyper-conservatism, and dysfunctional conservatism will be relegated to the impotent fringe. And rightly so, given it's obsession with itself.Yes, conservatives can start their own, but it will be a fringe, off the beaten track.
Okie lain:The simple fact is that true entrepreneurship is antithetical to conservatism. The whole impetus of conservatism is to maintain (conserve) the status quo, so people who tend to think outside the box (which is essential to entrepreneurship) will tend not to be conservative. What they will be, by nature, is progressive.
Welcome to reality.
What you don't understand, and probably can't ever really understand, is that conservatism, by itself, is inherently dysfunctional. It's a one-legged man in a two-legged world. Conservatism that does not act as a counterweight to progressivism is just pointless atrophy.
Only hyper-conservatism, and dysfunctional conservatism will be relegated to the impotent fringe. And rightly so, given it's obsession with itself.