Australian Politics

You're illustrating my point - that assertions about how Labor is really a conservative party, are subjective and unhelpful.

the term regressive. It's the opposite side of conservative from progressive. For changes, but ones that make things worse

Apparently half of voting Americans would disagree with you, as they seem to believe Trump's changes will make things better.

My original point is, an assertion that Labor is a conservative party is essentially a "both sides" argument, which discourages people from engaging with politics. Admittedly, it's less egregious in Australia given that we have preferential voting, but it's still an annoying Americanism.