[Sam Cree]

"that is necessary to understand the conservative viewpoint."

The big problem with your question is that there is not a specific "conservative viewpoint" in the same way as there is a "liberal" viewpoint.

"Liberalism" as the leftist philosophies are called today, are all derived from socialist philosophies. Conservatism, or the "Right," on the other hand, can be anything under the sun as long as it is not the Left.

A quick look around this site ought to make that plain enough.

You cannot put us into some neat little box. But then, that has always been the thrust of leftist philosophy, putting everyone into a box designed by the state. It is part of the reason why leftist philosophies are totalitarian philosophies. And I suspect that you are already quite aware that "conservatives" do not fit into such boxes.

[FreeRepublicLoginName]

'"Liberalism" as the leftist philosophies are called today, are all derived from socialist philosophies. Conservatism, or the "Right," on the other hand, can be anything under the sun as long as it is not the Left. '

It's very funny to see you write this, because I think Liberals would say the same thing about conservatives (replacing "socialism" with "facism").

Actually that seems to be true with a great many of the statements I've seen conservatives make... perhaps we have more in common that we like to admit.