# Truth Bombs

## Metadata
- Author: [[Steve Deace]]
- Full Title: Truth Bombs
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- the only real fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats is this: Democrats inspire their base to get what they want, while Republicans conspire against their base to get what they want. ([Location 97](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=97))
- Elections don’t seem to decide which direction the country heads in as much as the speed in which we go there. ([Location 162](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=162))
- See, conservatism isn’t an ideology as much as it’s an observational science. Authentic conservatism comes from being an honest student of history. And then, from there, seeking to conserve for this and future generations that which has been revealed by history to be best for humans. ([Location 190](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=190))
- We are conservationists of that which has proven to be noble, just, beautiful, and true through time. We are so much more than a political party, or lack thereof. We are stewards. ([Location 193](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=193))
- Arrogant is when you believe in your truth. Confident is when you believe in the truth. ([Location 207](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=207))
- But a free people won’t just leap from liberty to authoritarianism. They must be corrupted first by the status quo. In history, that status quo was often represented by monarchies, oligarchies, feudal lords, or empires. In our day and age, it is represented by political parties. ([Location 294](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=294))
- This is how our two major political parties function nowadays. They each offer little in the hopes of affirmative change and far more often exploit the fear of the consequences of the other party winning. If ([Location 303](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=303))
- Democrats and Republicans offer you a lack of change agents on purpose, because at the leadership level they are creatures of the status quo. One party run by neo-Marxist progressives, the other by corporatist progressives. Collectively they are not proxies of an existential battle for the soul of a nation, but a unibrow. ([Location 307](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=307))
- This is particularly true after Republicans win elections, because they loathe their conservative base at least as much as the Democrats do. The Democrats may loathe us philosophically, but Republicans loathe us personally. ([Location 320](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=320))
- As a species, we attack most viciously that which truly threatens us. That’s why the Republican Party typically attacks conservatives more viciously than it does the Democrats. ([Location 357](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=357))
- Republican Party elites would rather lose elections to Democrats than lose control of the Republican Party to conservatives. This is why they fight us harder than they fight them. ([Location 362](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=362))
- The leadership of the Democratic Party is to the left of the average Democrat voter. The leadership of the Republican Party is to the left of the average Republican voter. So guess which direction we go regardless of who wins elections? The only debate is the rate of speed, and whose palm is getting greased on the way. ([Location 391](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=391))
- Today’s Republicans, with limited exceptions, are yesterday’s Democrats. ([Location 394](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07L9F7GJV&location=394))