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[Sheb]

Basically, conservatives want a government small enough that they can fit it into your bedroom.

[TD1]

Preferably under the sheets.

[Frumple]

"Drown it in the bathtub" is more the thing, so local-er interests can operate unfettered. And do things like get in your bedroom and jackboot tapdance on brown people, yes.

[redwallzyl]

This was not exactly the question I asked.

[Frumple]

Maybe rephrase the question? If the bit specifically trying to aim at what seemed to be the question was off base, it might help aim better.

[Gentlefish]

Conservatives want laws to uphold the "traditional" American lifestyle, ex. teetotal white heterosexual nuclear families toting guns.

Liberals want laws to push the social envelope forward, ex. gender-neutral bathrooms and federally recognized unions of non-heterosexual couples.

E: This actually doesn't even talk about economic conservative/liberal stances, and only moral conservative/liberal stances. That's a whole different ballpark seeing as you could be morally conservative and economically liberal. Rare, but possible.

[redwallzyl]

I quite clearly outlined my question. What I want is not a simple definition of liberal and conservative. I already know everything your saying. It was a question about a differing interpretation of the social contract by the different positions. I am fairly sure I have it now however. It has to do with a different perception of what is commensurate for qualifying as having fulfilled a citizens obligation to the contract.

[Gentlefish]

Not terribly? I mean, I'm glad you've figured out what you were needing but you didn't really pose a specific question in your original post, and it had a few of us confused I think.

[Frumple]

It has to do with a different perception of what is commensurate for qualifying as having fulfilled a citizens obligation to the contract.

... maybe? Like, sure, groups vary as to what they think fulfills the social contract, assuming they frame things in that manner to begin with, but that's a pretty empty observation on its own.

The devil's more in the details here, and again, I don't think there's actually a straight answer to be had, exactly. Especially not on as broad a front as conservative or liberal vis a vis the american political sphere. The positions and contrast you're looking for just aren't particularly consistent, over time, subject, or locality, particularly for the current mess that is stateside conservatism.

Specific subsections of either you might have better luck, assuming they articulate or act like they give a damn what their position regarding a hypothetical social contract is to begin with.

[redwallzyl]

It has to do with a different perception of what is commensurate for qualifying as having fulfilled a citizens obligation to the contract.

... maybe? Like, sure, groups vary as to what they think fulfills the social contract, assuming they frame things in that manner to begin with, but that's a pretty empty observation on its own.

The devil's more in the details here, and again, I don't think there's actually a straight answer to be had, exactly. Especially not on as broad a front as conservative or liberal vis a vis the american political sphere. The positions and contrast you're looking for just aren't particularly consistent, over time, subject, or locality, particularly for the current mess that is stateside conservatism.

Specific subsections of either you might have better luck, assuming they articulate or act like they give a damn what their position regarding a hypothetical social contract is to begin with.

I was thinking about it as a factor in understanding parts of a conservative viewpoint. Basically I was trying to look at issues through a conservative conception and I was having trouble with that part of it. It is not meant to be some binary or single defining trait.

[Leodanny]

Constructive interference?

[Maximum Spin]

For some formulations of "dimension", yes.

[strainer]

A kind of non-integer dimensionality is called Hausdorff or "fractal" dimensions.
Heres a nice video on them: 3blue1brown

[Yoink]

How thick does a pair of thighs have to be to be considered "thick thighs" with the capacity to save lives? I saw a woman with one of those patches on her backpack and at a (chaste, purely scientific) glance her thighs didn't see to be overly large.
Perhaps I am just clueless as to how thighs are actually measured? Perhaps she was offering a message of solidarity to women falling outside of certain ridiculous beauty standards? Or perhaps she herself had suffered from such body issues at some point?

[TD1]

Perhaps she just wanted men to look at her thighs?