@InspectorCaracal@tootplanet.space Fiscal conservativism doesn't exist in a vacuum, though; it assumes rational actors in an unbiased market, neither of which actually exist. Fiscal conservativism simply ignores the real-world implications of unequal opportunity that are the results of systemic bias, and it treats human experiences as fungible from a dollar-value perspective, which also isn't real and is pretty gross, when you think about it.
@InspectorCaracal@tootplanet.space In other words, there _is_ a correlation, and a strong one, between fiscal conservativism and social conservativism. It's just not one that most fiscal conservatives study very hard, because doing so would fly in the face of one of fiscal conservativism's central tenets. That doesn't mean the link isn't there, just that it isn't studied.
