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[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

status quo means the current state of things

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm aware of the phrase's meaning. It's not being used this way from what I can tell.

Seems to me that conservative policy is the status quo. Almost by definition, 'conserving' the way things are, or what they believe it is. As a general trend, the us has leaned much more conservative. This is the status quo.

Changing, progressive policy is literally antithetical to the status quo. A woman in office is not the current state. So why do people say that the dem candidate is the status quo if that makes no sense?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

There’s definitely an element of misinformation here. Too many people are rebelling against a “status quo” that never existed

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They're talking about the administration's policies, not the Zeitgeist of Americans.