Is it me or do the conservative parties in other countries in the Western world seem kinda rational?

[In It to Win It]

How did "conservative" party in the USA go off the fucking rails SOOO BAD?

[rubbersole]

1. When they morphed into Nazis.

There is nothing "conservative" about these motherfuckers.

[Irish_Dem]

13. I agree, it is the rise of the Fourth Reich. Right in front of our eyes.

Not conservative at all.

Pure evil.

[CottonBear]

15. They never stopped being Nazis. N/T

[Turbineguy]

2. They did a better job

organizing idiot followers.

[In It to Win It]

3. Our idiots or their idiots?

[Turbineguy]

5. our idiots.

[vrguy]

4. Tea Party n/t

[AZSkiffyGeek]

6. Some...

Look at Farage, LePen, Bolsonaro and Modi though.
Populism seems to be the problem more than conservatism. Or at least where they intersect.

[In It to Win It]

7. Correct me if I'm wrong

For LePen, my understanding was that she was on the fringes rather the mainstream, no? or was she the mainstream?

[AZSkiffyGeek]

9. She came in second

And her party just gained something like 80 seats this past weekend.

[LeftInTX]

12. India has sort of a boomerang mindset, so does much of S America

They aren't Europe. Populism is popular over there, both left and right.
I think their right is probably just as crazy as our right. I think populism thrives when voters have limited education.

The president of Mexico won as a left populist and then he started supporting Trump...go figure.
Although the recently elected president of Colombia is a left populist, I need to see how this plays out.

It seems that many countries in the developing world, go from very left to very right and there is not much in between.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

14. I'll admit, I was nervous about Zelenskyy when he was elected

He’s turned out well though.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. Hell, hyneas fighting over a impala carcass seem rational compared to members of the repug party.

[TwilightZone]

10. The difference is often on the social side.

Conservative parties elsewhere in the West (like the UK) tend to be much more socially liberal than the GOP.

The modern GOP also has much more of an authoritarian and theocratic bent than all but the farthest right parties of others in the West.

[Claustrum]

11. Yes, other "conservative" party in places like Europe believes in Climate change, healthcare for all

and gun laws, etc. They differs with democrats about how much money we should spend to get there. But at the core, these "common sense" things are wildly accepted in other countries (including Asian countries). Coming from another country, it boggles my mind how US's "conservative" party is so cray cray.

[Demsrule86]

16. No, In the Uk, they are chipping away at healthcare , welfare ...all sorts of things.

[relayerbob]

18. The GQP is no longer a "conservative" party

They are neo-fascist. They call themselves conservative, so that they can fool people. They conserve nothing ... life, history, rule of law, facts, nothing.

We still have conservatives, most have abandoned the GQP. The Fox masses have been turned into puppets. Comparing to other countries' "conservatives" is a misnomer, and far too broad a brush. Some, like Bolsanaro's Brazil, are neo-fascist. Others, like Poland are conservative. There are distinct differences.

What used to be called "Libertarian" was always far to the right of the GOQP, but they eventually took the GQP over.

[CarlYasutomo]

19. Yes. I live in Japan.

Here in Japan the ruling party is usually characterized as conservative or right-wing. I look at them and their positions and think, "in the US, they would be moderate Democrats."