> continue to be transmitted from generation to generation
Yes, and no. Because the baseline moves. Progressives are ahead of the baseline, and conservatives behind it.
Conservatives of my day were anti-marriage equality. The ones before them were anti-gay in general. Before them, they were anti-integration. Before them anti-women's rights. Before them anti-suffrage. Before them anti-abolition.
The conservative stance gets pushed more and more forever with each passing generation. The overall idea stays - "maintain the status quo and conserve the days of old". But the days of old have changed.
In 100 years, conservatives of that day will be wildly different than the ones right now.
Yes, and no. Because the baseline moves. Progressives are ahead of the baseline, and conservatives behind it.
Conservatives of my day were anti-marriage equality. The ones before them were anti-gay in general. Before them, they were anti-integration. Before them anti-women's rights. Before them anti-suffrage. Before them anti-abolition.
The conservative stance gets pushed more and more forever with each passing generation. The overall idea stays - "maintain the status quo and conserve the days of old". But the days of old have changed.
In 100 years, conservatives of that day will be wildly different than the ones right now.