What Is Modern Conservatism? Part 1: A Comparison

Modern Conservative ^ | June 10, 2008

[thinkingIsPresuppositional]

What Is Modern Conservatism? Part 1: A Comparison

There's been a lot of talk recently about the conservative movement being "adrift." People asking where the movement "goes from here" and so forth.

Blather.

Conservatism is just fine.

Conservatives may feel a bit unmoored lately.

The GOP may have strayed from conservative principles in recent years.

But the principles themselves are the same as they've always been.

The same can be said of the left. Their principles remain the same too, and the contrast between our two ideologies is quite stark indeed. To wit:

Never forget what you stand for.

Never forget what the left stands for.

Never give in.


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[Liberty Valance]

Contrary to published reports ... WFBuckley Lives!

[ffusco]

Did not know Buckley was a Mod!

[lesser_satan]

BTTT!

[Blind Eye Jones]

The first things weren’t conservative were they not? They were radical actions: nation building, fratricide, laws imposed by command, etc. All foundings were radical and conservatism has to be judged by what it intends to conserve.

[paudio]

How about in economics? Does ‘modern conservatism’ accept the logic of neo-classical economics and try to apply it?

[Judges Gone Wild]

I have a better question, “Where are Modern Conservatives?”