Classical Conservatism

Classical Conservatism
"May tradition and reason prosper!"
Basic Information
Aliases	ClassCon Traditionalist Conservatism TradCon High Toryism Conservative Gentryism British Paleoconservatism British Old Right Boomer Toryism Your Granddad Stereotypical British gentleman Quintessential British Gentleman (TV Tropes) Etonianism Mr. Bean (Aesthetically) Burkean Conservatism Rees-Moggism Scrutonism Powellism British National Social Capitalism ( Powellism, somewhat) Libertarian Classical Conservatism ( Powellism) Laytonism American Whiggism Quasi-Reactionaryism (debatable, except for American Loyalism) American Ultraconservatism (American Loyalism)
Alignment(s)	AuthRight (Most)  Culturally Right  Conservatives  Monarchists  (Most) Old Right Variants Center-AuthRight ( Adamsism) Culturally Center-Right ( Powellism)  Nationalists  ( Powellism, Manuel Bulnes Thought) RightUnity ( Powellism)  Religious  ( American Loyalism, American Whiggism, Rees-Moggism)  Libertarians  ( Powellism) Reactionary ( American Loyalism)  Welfarists  ( Powellism)  Authunity  ( Manuel Bulnes)
Ideological Information
Influenced by:	Aristocracy Mercantilism Traditionalism Christian Theocracy (some) Monarchism (most) Natural Law Theory Timocracy (some)
Influenced	Bannonism Baudetism Black Hundredism Bismarckism Carlism Confederationism (Some) Conservatism Conservative Liberalism Distributism Faragism Fourth Theory Francoism Hamiltonianism Jacobitism (Most) Manosphere (Some) National Conservatism (Some) ÖVPism (Until 1940s) Paleoconservatism Paternalistic Conservatism Reactionaryism Salazarism
Notable people	The United States John Adams (1735-1826) USA Abigail Adams (1744-1818) USA Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) USA William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) USA Russell Kirk (1918-1994) USA Steve Bannon (1953-) USA Lauren Boebert (1986-) USA Monsieur Z (?-) USA John Doyle (1999-) USA Commonwealth Realm Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Great Britain George Canning (1770-1827) Great Britain Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Great Britain Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) UK Enoch Powell (1912-1998) UK George Grant (1918-1988) Canada Norman Tebbit (1931-) UK Roger Scruton (1944-2020) UK Peter Hitchens (1951-) UK Andrew Rosindell (1966-) UK Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969-) UK Laurence Paul Fox (1978-) UK Carl Benjamin (1979-) UK Europe Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Ireland Joseph de Maistre (1753-1823) France Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) Holy Roman Empire / Austria Vyacheslav Lypynsky (1882-1931) Ukraine Aleksandr Dugin (1962-) Russia Latin America Manuel Bulnes Prieto (1799-1866) Chile Bruno Garschagen (1975-) Fernando Fuentes Pinzon (?-) Venezuela Horacio Giusto (?-) Argentina
Variations
School of Thought	Adamsism Anti-Democracy Anti-Immigration Anti-Slavery Authoritarian Conservatism Conservative Liberalism Constitutionalism Francophobia Hamiltonianism (formerly) Militarism Monarchism (accused by Jeffersonian Democracy) American Loyalism Abolitionism (Black Loyalists) Anglicanism Anti-Nationalism Anti-Populism Anti-Radicalism Anti-Republicanism Anti-Separatism Authoritarian Conservatism British Imperialism British Unionism Constitutional Monarchism Reactionaryism Timocracy American Whiggism American System Anti-Catholicism Anti-Egalitarianism Anti-Expansionism Anti-Immigration (some) Anti-Individualism Anti-Jacksonianism Anti-Populism Aristotelianism Classical Liberalism Constitutionalism Economic Nationalism Evangelicalism Financialism Industrialism Meritocracy National Conservatism Parliamentarianism Prohibitionism (some) Reformism Luegerism/Christian Social Party Aristocracy Austrian Nationalism Authoritarian Classical Conservatism Catholic Theocracy Corporatism Monarchism (Until 1918, factions) National Conservatism Right-Wing Populism Social Conservatism Miguelism Absolute Monarchism Anti-Constitutionalism Anti-Liberalism Anti-Progressivism Authoritarian Conservatism Counter-Enlightenment Reactionaryism Traditionalism Powellism Anti-Americanism Anti-Colonialism (After 1947) Anti-Fascism (Self-proclaimed) Anti-Immigration Anti-Irish Republicanism (In Northern Ireland at least) British Unionism Civil Libertarianism Conservative Liberalism Hard Euroscepticism Isolationism (After 1947) Libertarian Conservatism Libertarian Imperialism (Before 1947) Libertarian Monarchism Monetarism National Conservatism National Liberalism National Libertarianism National Social Capitalism Nazism (Accused, denied) Right-Wing Populism Soft Pro-Sovietism/Russophilia Trade Unionism White Nationalism Proto-Harrisonism Anti-Elitism (Self-proclaimed) Anti-Slavery (Self-proclaimed) Kakistocracy (Accused) Stratocracy Rees-Moggism Anti-Abortion Climate Skepticism Anti-LGBT+ Anti-Semitism (Accused) Anti-Socialism Borisism Catholic Conservatism Conservative Liberalism Neoconservatism Christian Right Constitutional Monarchism Economic Liberalism Euroscepticism National Conservatism Reactionary Liberalism (Accused) Right-Wing Populism Social Conservatism Thatcherism William Pitt Thought Abolitionism Manuel Bulnes Thought Caudillismo Economic Nationalism Moderate Federalism Ultranationalism Militarism Paternalistic Conservatism (Partially)
Character Information
Likes	BRITANNIA God Tradition Edmund Burke Jacob Rees-Mogg Tea Being gentlemanly Chewsday
Dislikes	Liberals (Except for ConLib) The Enlightenment Pirates Progressives Gays Bloody Yanks (Except for Paleocon)
Song	High Tory Blue Land of Hope and Glory The British Grenadiers Minuetto Richest Killers Radetzky March Riding Round in a Rover Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 The Entertainer Kevin MacLeod - Sinfonia Number 5 Vindaloo - Fat Les Toreador March (Freddy's music box) Layton theme Adamsism The John Adams Song John Adams HBO Opening Titles Proto-Harrisonism The Harrison Yankee Doodle Mr Beat - The William Henry Harrison Song They Might Be Giants - Tippecanoe and Tyler Too HARRISON!

"It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty."

John Adams

Classical Conservatism, also called Traditionalist Conservatism, is a type of conservative that focuses on traditions stemming from before the Enlightenment.

ClassCons emphasize the need for the principles of a transcendent moral order, the bonds of social order, and the defense of ancestral institutions over what they consider as excessive individualism.

They also place a strong emphasis on authority and tradition among other things. Civically speaking, the ideology can vary between moderately authoritarian (most ClassCons) to somewhat libertarian (Powell, for example).

Despite being culturally right, they are generally neither nationalist (with the exception of Enoch Powell) nor reactionary (although the latter is debatable).

History

Classical Conservatism, or rather Toryism can be said to originate in late 17th-century England, in which there was a dispute over the right of the Catholic James, brother of King Charles II, to succeed the throne. Those who supported James were known as Tories, and their ideology Toryism. Tories were generally staunch monarchists and Anglicans, and favoured agrarianism over industrialism, in addition to being opposed to radical reform such as that advocated for by Foxites.

Variants

Powellism

Powellism is an economically right-wing (but also welfarist), culturally center-right, and highly nationalistic ideology, based on the political beliefs of former Conservative and later Ulster Unionist MP, Enoch Powell.

Powell was most well-known from his anti-immigration rhetoric (in particular his warnings of ‘Rivers of Blood’ if immigration continued ‘en masse’). He was also a White Nationalist- claiming that those descended from Caribbean and Asian immigrants did ‘not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still.’

Although he had previously held imperialist views (with an ambition to become Viceroy of India), upon Indian independence he decided the entire British Empire must go alongside it. Britain should, in the eyes of Powell, return to the period of ‘ splendid isolation’. He opposed Britain being involved in international organisations and alliances, particularly with the United States, which he accused of destroying the British Empire and seeking to re-unify Ireland in order to ensure its membership of NATO. Powell’s anti-Americanism was so strong that he even saw the Soviet Union as a potential ally for Britain in countering American influence in Europe (despite Powell himself being pro-capitalist).

As mentioned above, Powell was generally pro-capitalist and pro-free market in the sphere of economics. He believed that business interests should be looked after by the people that best understood them – in Powell’s view, this was businessmen and not politicians. He was the first major UK politician to call for de-nationalision of public services in the 1960s. However, while Powell was very much a monetarist, at the same time he also supported the welfare state and trade unions.

With regards to social views, Powell was was conservative in terms of his support for the maintenance of monarchy, established religion and hereditary peers in governance. However, on other issues he was liberal/libertarian- he opposed the death penalty and corporal punishment while supporting no-fault divorce and other aspects of the ‘ permissive society’ established by Labour Governments. He also voted to decriminalise homosexuality as he did not regard "it as a proper area for the criminal law to operate".

American Whig Party

The Whig Party in the United States first emerged in the 1830s in opposition to Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party. The name Whig was intentionally chosen as being in opposition to monarchy. In the same way that the British Whigs opposed absolute monarchy, the American Whigs opposed "King Andrew" and his policies. Unlike the British Whigs whose main ideology is Classical Liberalism, the American Whigs were much more conservative. They supported an economic system put forward by Henry Clay known as the "American System" which favored protective tariffs, a strong national bank, and federal subsidies for infrastructure. The Whig Party was also critical of Manifest Destiny and criticized the presidential power of Jackson and Polk, preferring Congress to be the dominant lawmaker.

The Whig Party struggled to gain power through the presidency. In 1836 they ran four different presidential candidates against Martin Van Buren, which backfired against them and allowed Van Buren to achieve a comfortable victory. By 1840 Van Buren had become unpopular due to the Panic of 1837 and William Henry Harrison was able to defeat Van Buren in the Election of 1840. Harrison died just one month into his presidency and John Tyler, who was only nominally a Whig, took over as the next president. Tyler was eventually expelled from the Whig Party for disagreeing with much of the Whigs' economic policy, including a veto on Clay's bill to establish a national bank.

The Whigs were able to win back the White House in 1848 with Zachary Taylor, however, he died one year into his presidency leaving Millard Fillmore in charge. Fillmore is often described as being the closest the Whigs got to a full presidency. During Fillmore's presidency, the Compromise of 1850 was passed which meant Fillmore had to enforce the deeply unpopular Fugitive Slave Act. This divided the Whig Party between pro-compromise and anti-compromise factions which they were never able to recover.

After 1852 the Whig Party was never able to obtain real power again and was eventually replaced by the pro-abolitionist Republican Party with many Republicans such as Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford Hayes, Chester Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being former Whigs.

Personality and Behaviour

• Has a very posh British accent (most likely Received Pronunciation).
• Stereotypical "proper person".
• Uses vintage sophisticated vernacular, such as: "bogus," "to be frank," and "poppycock".
• "Why don't you go and make me a sammich?"
• Fetishizes Romanticist art and bashes everything that's modern.
• May act like Pops from Regular Show.

How to Draw

Plain design

1. Draw a ball
2. Fill it in with navy blue
3. Draw a black or dark grey top hat on the ball
4. Add the eyes
5. Give the ball a golden monocle over its right eye

You are finished!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Navy Blue	#00309A	0, 48, 154
	Black	#141414	20, 20, 20
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Traditionalist design

Flag of Traditionalist Conservatism

1. Draw a ball
2. Color it light blue
3. Draw a white hourglass in the middle
4. Draw the two eyes
5. Add a top hat and golden monocle on the ball
6. (Optional) Draw the ball holding a cup of tea

You are done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Light Blue	#0183BE	1, 131, 190
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Relationships

Chaps

• Monarchism - For King/Queen and Country!
• Traditionalism - Fellow T R A D I T I O N^TM connoisseur.
• Imperialism - Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves! Britons never, never, never shall be slaves!
• Counter-Enlightenment - Cheers!
• Mercantilism - I say, would you care for some tea, good sir?
• Christian Theocracy - Religion is the only thing separating us from animals, and by Jove, we must defend our established church.
• Paleoconservatism - My Yankee grandson who defends traditional values; does not critique the enlightenment enough, unfortunately.
• Agrarianism - But of course, a return to a simple, traditional life.
• Conservatism - I am willing to admit that you do not go far enough, but I am proud of you nevertheless, ol' chap!
• Conservative Liberalism - My liberal child whom I hold in high regard! Maintains most of my values whilst being a reformer.
• Paternalistic Conservatism - Disraeli was a splendid Prime Minister, indeed!
• Eco-Conservatism - Splendid! We must protect our environment to preserve our culture!
• One-Nation Conservatism - Same as I have said previously.
• Borisism - Splendid chap of mine. I thank you for delivering us Britons Brexit and for placing me at the helm of the House of Commons. You are too moderate.
• Distributism - Defends me greatly, as we both desire a traditional lifestyle.
• Communitarianism - Jolly good show! Strong communities make strong societies.
• Optimateism - Defender of the Roman Republic's customs and rule of law. But did you really have to shank Caesar? That's a bit rude, innit?
• Patriarchy - Very fine chap! Just how society should be run!
• Carlism - My more religious Spaniard counterpart.
• Feuillantism - Most respectable French Republican ideology.

Tolerable

• National Liberalism - Kippers are "based" as the young fellows say nowadays, but the rest of them are too nationalist and not traditionalist enough, to my dismay.
• Reactionary Liberalism - Another tolerable liberal, if I may say so myself, but like those other reactionary blokes, he may tread too far culturally. Rees-Mogg is very splendid however.
• Reactionaryism - You are quite extreme, simmer down and grab a spot of tea.
• Capitalism - You cause severe issues when unregulated, still preferable to socialism but I myself prefer traditional systems of economics.
• Conservative Socialism - Socialism? I beg your pardon.
• Reactionary Socialism - I like Disraeli but you are quite insane.
• National Conservatism - Marvelous, but if you will, please simmer down with the nationalism; Enoch Powell was very exemplary and excellent if I do say.
• Right-Wing Populism - Good Lord, they are annoying... but I do say they have the right ideas.
• Liberal Conservatism - Low Tory rubbish, but I have hope that they will prove me wrong.
• Alt-Lite - Young fellows valuing tradition is most splendid but please do go outside.
• Ricardian Socialism - Percy Ravenstone was a delightful fellow; however, I must say you are far too well-acquainted with this preposterous notion of "egalitarianism."
• Islamic Theocracy - I wish that you did not migrate en masse to my country, but Hamza Yusuf is a good chap of mine.
• Braunism - Speak English, please.

Adversaries

• Enlightenment Thought - Bugger off, you have brought degeneracy to our blessed land!
• Classical Liberalism - Started this degeneracy.
• Liberalism - Bloody hell, what an utter buffoon!
• Radicalism - Sort yourself out, young man! This is NOT how society shall be run!
• Civic Nationalism - Revolutions of 1848, NEVER FORGET! You nationalist scums opposed our glorious conservative monarchies!
• Progressivism - Good Lord! That is rather disgusting!
• Revolutionary Progressivism - Good heavens! Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?!
• Feminism - Sod off and get back in the kitchen!
• Anarchism - Claims to "support anarchism but not anarchy", but I'm not buying that rubbish. You are but a naughty girl who will get spanked!
• Queer Anarchism - Language, young lady, or man, or... whatever the bloody hell you are!
• Homoconservatism - Why, this is completely nonsensical!
• Hydrarchy - Absolutely vile! You and your band of thieves will never rule the waves!
• Jacobinism - The Fr*nch Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the Western world!
• Socialism - Are you taking the piss out of me?
• Marxism–Leninism - The destroyer of all tradition!
• Frankfurt School - No, you degenerate Cultural Marxist, the enlightenment did not lead to "totalitarianism", or whatever ideology that you so happen to speak of. It leads to the formation of degenerates like you. Speak for yourself, you hypocrite! You have just started a second enlightenment with your despicable ideas.
• Nazism - You sir, are not a conservative, and you will never be as dominant in the world as I had been, so keep on dreaming, you cock-up!!
• Jihadism - It would be very wise of you to leave my country, you heathens!
• Stratocracy - Bad hound! Prepare to be neutered! Though the Duke of Wellington was rather splendid, I ought to say.
• Gamers - Right! Stop playing those motion picture games and browsing the interwebs at once! They will rot your brains! What? Victoria? I should give that a try perhaps...
• Corbynism - Silence! I will put soap in your mouth for your utterly disgraceful speeches!

Further Information

Literature

• Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
• An Appeal from the New Whigs to the Old Whigs by Edmund Burke
• Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions and other Human Institutions by Joseph de Maistre
• The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk

Wikipedia

• Traditionalist Conservatism
• High Tory
• Tory corporatism
• Cornerstone Group
• London Swinton Circle
• Traditionalist conservatism in the United States
• Conservative Monday Club
• Common Sense Group

People

• Edmund Burke
• Thomas Carlyle
• Evelyn Waugh
• Alan Clark
• Enoch Powell
  • Powellism
  • Rivers of Blood speech
• Roger Scruton
• Jacob Rees-Mogg
  • Moggmentum
• Edward Leigh
• John Henry Hayes
• Lawrence Auster

YouTube

• Mogg The Week
• El Picalibro (Spanish)

Gallery

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