<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:55:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/conservatism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Genetics of Politics | Liberals vs. Conservatives | Gene Wars [Part 2]]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stefan Molyneux explores how genetics shape political views, drawing on r-selected and K-selected reproductive strategies to illustrate differences between liberalism and conservatism. 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She will serve as both CEO and board chair.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eirkakirk/@buzweaveryoutube/the-friday-vlog-erika-kirk-named-new-ceo-of-turning-point-usa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eirkakirk/@buzweaveryoutube/the-friday-vlog-erika-kirk-named-new-ceo-of-turning-point-usa</guid><category><![CDATA[eirkakirk]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[buzweaveryoutube]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dwRRoVMYb7tu88c4scSvuc2NVBcYcjvzGer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Basic Income (UBI) in America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Todays America Image Source Living in America today you see a wide variety of some realistic and unrealistic views. We see more and more people leaning towards wanting handouts and to not having to work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ubi/@mkrey/universal-basic-income-ubi-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ubi/@mkrey/universal-basic-income-ubi-in-america</guid><category><![CDATA[ubi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mkrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBYMp4aTDoAGLRvN2Ax4bniPSpEKUisD5rnc2FRHWxXvCXpcCkq8Q9QUFqjBQYxH3LZFgzFk3ds7fo9nEc82zgkUpMrrJa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pat Buchanan: The Thinking Man’s Principled Conservative]]></title><description><![CDATA[📜 From shaping Nixon's 'Silent Majority' to founding The American Conservative, Buchanan’s journey defined modern conservatism—grounded in principles, unyielding, and pro-American worker. 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The thought process is so pernicious.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/belief/@leguna/the-idea-of-progress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/belief/@leguna/the-idea-of-progress</guid><category><![CDATA[belief]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPcxieMfERYbiK4edEUPehdrjDxYXdzmLkfhaER68R3VCNbsUPtEsnaYeWGgqKt6igvinatfLZXLTpTHPeFDN2X3ymqM3NvQTPVgsBMzeeNS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we need to stop calling ourselves Conservatives?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a weird essay, that conflates a bunch of things. In any case: right authoritarianism, Christian corporatism, etc. are not new or unfamiliar to the American conservative movement. 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They’d probably even be pissed that we didn’t start a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@nooses/the-states-themselves-will-greatly-benefit-from-this-diversity-of-experiment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abortion/@nooses/the-states-themselves-will-greatly-benefit-from-this-diversity-of-experiment</guid><category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:53:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPgoGPnPEV98iCR1eWkxCPro3296cjXQo7U5Vr1K7DUXdKfRLBddieHDFz8UZCtHCHVPRBYfbxyYLtCpaNFjcvmpgUMjrN5XNScRZdG79rGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraud Found at Fox News with Abraham Hamadeh]]></title><description><![CDATA[x]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/socialmedia/@versability/fraud-found-at-fox-news</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/socialmedia/@versability/fraud-found-at-fox-news</guid><category><![CDATA[socialmedia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[versability]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:43:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gipper's Stool is dead.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forty-odd years ago, Reagan defined the Republican coalition as a three legged stool. 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