There are tons of people who got into conservativism because of Matrix.
Yeah, no. 2000 was the most divisive election in a generation up until 2016, and "conservatism" back then was "Dick Cheney" not "Donald Trump." Nobody was rushing into that who wasn't already an NPC following the Afghan/Iraq war drums on the TV. The real conspiracy folks were screaming "inside job" about the Bush Administration and 9/11, not joining them.
Not even going to touch the "Keanu is White" retcon.
Yeah, no. 2000 was the most divisive election in a generation up until 2016, and "conservatism" back then was "Dick Cheney" not "Donald Trump." Nobody was rushing into that who wasn't already an NPC following the Afghan/Iraq war drums on the TV. The real conspiracy folks were screaming "inside job" about the Bush Administration and 9/11, not joining them.
Not even going to touch the "Keanu is White" retcon.
You're describing republicanism, not conservatism. George Bush and his cronies had nothing to do with conservative values.
But they pretended to and because of that the people who followed them called themselves "conservatives". More like neoconservatives.