Conservatism

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Conservatism is a way of looking at social reality in an essentialist and teleological way, assuming the existence of an order and a natural law knowable by reason, revelation, or tradition. Conservatives emphasize duty, virtue, and human nature as well as seek to maintain the social order and their country's traditional values, they usually seek to preserve a range of institutions like religion with the aim of emphasizing social stability and continuity. but with time, this thinking was alienated from politics. Overall, conservatism is an economically and civically variable, culturally right ideology although a few conservatives ideologies are culturally center.

Variants

Atheist Conservatism

Atheist Conservatism is a variant of conservatism that relies on secular arguments for upholding traditional societal standards, and believes that religions aren't needed to uphold the stability of society. This kind of conservatism is seen with Cultural Christians.

Religious Conservatism

Religious Conservatism principally applies the teachings of particular religions to politics: sometimes by merely proclaiming the value of those teachings; at other times, by having those teachings influence laws.

History

The first established use of the term "conservatism" in a political context originated in 1818 with François-René de Chateaubriand. Conservatism has since been used to describe a wide range of views that aim to maintain certain traditional views, but no single set of policies is associated with the term.

United States

The meaning of "conservatism" in the United States is quite different in comparison with what people from other parts of the world consider conservatism; when they talk about conservatism they usually refer to Liberalism or Neoliberalism. Since the 1950s, conservatism in the United States has been chiefly associated with the Republican Party. However, during the era of segregation, many Southern Democrats were the ones considered conservatives.

The characteristics defining conservatism in the United States include support for the traditional family, law and order, the right to bear arms, Christian values, anti-socialism, and defense of "Western civilization, its traditions, and way of life". About major economic policies in general that they defend are, along with Libertarians, favor, low taxes, limited regulation, and free enterprise, although most conservatives in the US are also Keynesian, which are the economic policies that mostly differentiate them from most Libertarians. Some of them also see religion as an important part of Western Civilization and are opposed to secularism, and separation of the church and the state.

They are also considered Neoconservatives and foreign interventionists, assimilationists, and at some points also imperialists, they believe in strong morals and are in favor of intervening in other places that do not align with these values. Another part of American conservatism is trying to stop the spread of File:Soc.png Socialism.

Other modern GOP positions include deregulation and opposition to environmentalism. Some conservatives, such as paleoconservatives, libertarian conservatives, and paleolibertarians advocate for a non-interventionist foreign policy. Economic Liberalism and social conservatism are major principles of the Republican Party, but they are not in opposition to bail-outs and, in general, certain interventionism.

Germany

In Germany, Conservatism grew alongside Nationalism, resulting in Germany's victory over France in the Franco-Prussian War, the formation of the United German Empire in 1871, and Otto von Bismarck's simultaneous rise in the European political stage.

With the rise of National Socialism in 1933, agrarian movements faded away, replaced by a more command-based economy and forced social integration. Although Adolf Hitler was able to win the support of many German industrialists, prominent traditionalists opposed his policies of euthanasia, genocide, and attacks on organized religion.

More recently, the work of the conservative Christian Democratic Union leader and Chancellor Helmut Kohl has helped bring about German reunification and closer European integration in the form of the Maastricht Treaty.

Today, German conservatism is often linked to politicians such as Angela Merkel. Who can be defined by her marked attempts to save the common European currency (Euro) from devaluation and other certainly important financial issues.

France

Another form of conservatism developed in France in parallel to conservatism in Britain. It was influenced by Counter-Enlightenment works by men such as Joseph de Maistre and Louis de Bonald. Many continentals or traditionalist conservatives do not support the separation of church and state, with most supporting state recognition of and cooperation with the Catholic Church, such as had existed in France before the Revolution.

They also added patriotism, and Nationalism to the list of traditional values they support. Conservatives were the first to embrace Nationalism and the Revolution in France, contemporary conservatism in France is deeply influenced by Gaullism and one of his main representatives is the ex-president Nikolas Sarkozy and his party.

Spain

The People's Party was created in January 1989 by a "refoundation" of the People's Alliance (AP).

This federation of conservative parties was founded in 1976 by former personalities of the Franco regime who had decided not to join the Union of the Democratic Center (UCD). Its main leader is the former Francoist minister Manuel Fraga.

The AP entered into a deep crisis after its 1987 congress, which followed the failure of the Popular Coalition in the June 1986 elections and the distribution of Fraga. The latter finally decides to take over the leadership of the party and to ensure a profound renovation. The January 1989 congress, therefore, marked the birth of the People's Party, which broadened its ideological base to the ideals of Economic liberalism and Christian democracy. It then absorbed the Liberal Party (PL) and the Christian Democracy (DC), becoming the hegemonic party of the center-right and the right in Spain.

On September 4, the PP invests by the decision of Fraga the president of the Junta of Castile, and León José María Aznar leader for the anticipated general elections of the following month, after having dismissed Isabel Tocino and Marcelino Oreja. During the ballot, Aznar failed to break the glass ceiling which had blocked the Spanish right since 1982 with 25.8% of the vote and 107 deputies out of 350. A new congress, convened in April 1990, carried Aznar to the presidency of the Party popular, while Manuel Fraga received the title of founding president.

Russia

Under Vladimir Putin, the dominant leader since 1999, Russia has promoted explicitly conservative policies in social, cultural, and political matters, both at home and abroad but has attacked multiple times economic Liberalism, which differentiates them from other conservatives. Putinist conservatism is unique in some respects as it supports economic intervention with a mixed economy, with strong nationalist sentiment and social conservatism, opposing largely most of the Libertarians' ideals. Unlike most western conservatives, Putin's version promotes a Kleptocratic form of government over a democratic one, is Elitist and mostly opposed to populism.

United Kingdom

Conservatism in the United Kingdom is similar to its counterparts in other Western nations, but has a distinct tradition and has varied over time.

During and after World War II, the Conservative Party made concessions to Democratic Socialist's policies of the left. The basis of the post-war consensus was the Beveridge Report. Between 1945 and 1970 (consensus years) unemployment averaged less than 3% as "full employment" was the policy of both Conservative and Labour governments. The post-war consensus included a belief in Keynesian economics, a mixed economy with the nationalization of major industries, the establishment of the National Health Service, and the establishment of a modern welfare state in Britain.

However, in the 1980s, under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, and the influence of Keith Joseph, there was a dramatic shift in the ideological direction of British conservatism, with a movement towards, what are considered free-market economic policies and reforms.

In efforts to rebrand and increase the party's appeal, following three consecutive defeats in the general elections, both leaders have adopted policies that align with more moderate views. This has included a "greener" environmental and energy stance, and the adoption of some socially modernist views, such as acceptance of same-sex marriage. However, these policies have been accompanied by fiscal conservatism, in which they have maintained a hard stance on bringing down the deficit, and embarked upon a program of economic austerity.

How to Draw

Plain Style

File:ConservativeFlag(Cheebow8).jpeg
Flag of Conservatism (Plain design)

Drawing Plain Conservatism is very simple.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill in the ball with light blue.
  3. Draw eyes and you’re done!
Color Name HEX RGB
Light Blue #02A1EA 2, 161, 234


US Style

Flag of Conservatism (US design)

Drawing US Conservatism is very simple.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Fill the top half of the ball with blue and the bottom half with red.
  3. Draw three white stars on the top half of the ball. (In reference to the symbols of the Democratic and the Republican Party)
  4. Add the eyes and you're done!
Color Name HEX RGB
Blue #3F48CC 63, 72, 204
Red #ED1C24 237, 28, 36
White #FFFFFF 255, 255, 255


UK Style

Flag of Conservatism (UK design)

Drawing UK Conservatism is simple

  1. Draw a ball
  2. Fill the ball with light blue
  3. Draw a white squiggly tree in the middle.
  4. Add the eyes and you're done.
Color Name HEX RGB
Light Cyan #00B0EF 0, 176, 239
White #FFFFFF 255, 255, 255


Color Name HEX RGB
White #ffffff 255, 255, 255
Dark Blue #024683 2, 70, 131
Red #FE0100 254, 1, 0
Blue #108FDE 16, 143, 222


French Style

Flag of Conservatism (French design)

Drawing French Conservatism is very simple.

  1. Draw a ball.
  2. Draw the red side that is on the right.
  3. Draw the dark blue side that is on the left.
  4. Fill the rest in with white.
  5. Draw the French Republican logo in the middle.
  • Draw a dark blue line.
  • Draw a slightly longer red line to the right of the blue line.
  • Draw half of an R that is blue with its base on the red line.
  1. Draw eyes and you’re done!


Color Name HEX RGB
Dark Blue #002394 0, 35, 148
White #ffffff 255, 255, 255
Red #ED2B3A 237, 43, 58


Props

Some optional props:

  1. MAGA hat (US version)
  2. Sunglasses (US version) (used for US-centric balls like the USA in Polandball and Neoliberalism in Polcompball)
  3. Brexit hat (UK version)
  4. Burning EU flag (UK version)
  5. Beret (French Version)

Relationships

Friends

Frenemies

  • Liberal Conservatism - My, let's say, disappointing son... I hope he mans up some time...
  • Neoliberalism - We both love Reagan and Thatcher, but for very different reasons, and most of your modern supporters are too progressive.
  • Conservative Feminism - Always complains about me forgetting her birthday!
  • LGBT Conservatism - Unfortunately he is gay but at least values tradition, I respect that. So we're cool.
  • Libertarianism - We have similar economic views and tend to vote together, but he doesn't care about the national culture and says I have to make the government more smaller.
  • Classical Liberalism - Predecesor of above, he granted me good ideas about economy and limited government but he sometimes can be kinda progressive, George Washington was one of the greatest man in history also John Locke and Adam Smith are gems.
  • Anarcho-Conservatism - My weird son.
  • Authoritarian Conservatism - On one hand, based enforcer of tradition. On the other, fuck the CCP.
  • Neoconservatism - My son shares some of my values but always drags me into long wars, sometimes even against fellow tradition fans.
  • Conservative Socialism - My commie son, we both hate progressives but argue over economics.
  • Multiculturalism - I like that you respect cultures, but most of your followers are degenerate SJWs.
  • Left-Wing Nationalism - I like that you are a nationalist but do you really have to be a commie? And why some of you support degenerate "progressive" values?
  • Christian Socialism - Love your Christian values, but why are you a leftie?
  • Dengism - I don't like your domestic policies but you call many western conservatives such as Kissinger, Bush I, and Pinera among others "friend of the Chinese people" and you're a good business partner. I generally just pretend to oppose you in elections to get votes.
  • Reactionarism - I just want to conserve culture, not hop into a time machine and go 600 years back. But Falun Gong is still better than CCP.
  • Reactionary Socialism - A leftoid who is also going way too far.
  • Neoreactionarism - A weird technofile geek who also likes go too far.
  • Police Statism - BLUE LIVES MATTER! I won't follow mask mandates tho.
  • Alt-Lite - Good to see that some kids these days see the value of tradition, but you really need to take some time off the internet. You mostly concentrate on political incorrectness rather than tradition.
  • Jacksonian Democracy - Better than the rest of Democrats and My Son likes you for some reason but don't piss off my family. And your racism is bad for PR.
  • Progressive Conservatism - Pick a side already, damn it!
  • Hayekism - Same for you.
  • National Liberalism - Usually you're similar to natcon but sometimes you can be degenerate .
  • Reactionary Liberalism - Similar to above but on steroids and with the opposite problem which paradoxically makes him better, still you go too far.
  • Radical Centrism - You're like this guy but more general about things. So, do you support my ideas or no? I can't really understand.
  • Liberalism - You know, you are a strange one, broadly our relations are mixed e.g. I hate on cultural aspects of modern liberalism, but not necessarily your economics.
  • Rockefeller Republicanism - Ike did an excellent job just stop being such as wiener...
  • Manosphere - Based Tradition Defender and Feminist's worst nightmare but there's no redpill I need to swallow. Plus, Stop complaining about women, not all of them are like that. Also what do you think of Thatcher? And Tate is an immoral boy.

Degenerates

  • Marxism–Leninism - Anti-traditional communist scum and my archenemy from 1917-1991.
  • Leninism - Aren't you the same as the previous guy? Getting rid of sluts is based though.
  • Maoism - Damn you and your destruction of culture! But at least you like Nixon.
  • Futurism - Boy what the fuck is wrong with you?
  • Stransserism - Trans commie Nazis are oppressing the REAL men/women!
  • Alt-Right - Stop infiltrating the GOP, fascist scum and go and support Biden like your leader did. At least some of you support Trump.
  • Anarcho-Communism - Insane Communist Terrorist Antifa Pinko who calls me a Fascist!
  • State Atheism - Go get fresh air and clean up!
  • Fascism - Wokies always accuse me of being him. I'm against all left-wing ideologies, himself included.
  • Clerical Fascism - No, you don't protect religion, you just twist it. Also, Fuentes is a degenerate.
  • Anti-Fascism - The real fascist! If you actually hated fascism and not just the people who disagree with you, you would idolise: Pilecki, Urbanowicz, Churchill, Eisenhower, etc. Not some Far-Left 16-year old living in his basement, sweating, living on energy drinks, doping and panicking after reading comments.
  • National Socialism - Everyone with a brain hates you and I don't give a s*** if others call you conservative. Idiotic wokies often compare me to you for some reason. You also pretty much caused the USSR’s rise to superpower status by losing to them.
  • Esoteric Fascism - Same as above, but worse. You belong in the hospital, pagan schizo.
  • File:Progress.png Progressivism - Degenerate hippie and my eternal enemy. Trying to destroy both me and tradition. What's next, Pedo Rights? Also, stop calling me cuckservative when you are having orgies like a degenerate. And it hurts my feelings. :(
  • Revolutionary Progressivism - *Gets into a shootout*
  • LGBT+ - What you are doing is a choice.
  • Pink Capitalism - The companies betrayed us and promote degeneracy to enrich themselves.
  • Neo-Marxism - The post-modern Neo-Marxists post leftist trying to destroy all our Judeo-Christian values with their post-Marxist neo-modern hardcore crab sex!
  • Democratism - You used to be okay, at least in social aspects, but you have now moved to the woke radical left. The “Squad” is just a bunch of neo-Marxist scums who want to destroy the United States. But at least you still have people like Manchin, who is okayish. I wonder how long it would take for you to become a full socialist party.
  • Satanic Theocracy - SATAN! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU! This is the "great" future that wokies want for the world.
  • Atheistic Satanism - Literally the same as above.
  • Anarcho-Primitivism - You're taking this WAY too far.
  • Primal Primitivism - Bruh...
  • Liberal Feminism - Haha Roe v. Wade go bye-bye!
  • Crusadism & Jihadism - Can't you see you are destroying tradition with your stupid wars? All religions are important for our heritage.
  • Third Way - Literally OBAMA!
  • Social Democracy - Ah yes, the RADICAL LEFT.
  • Soulism - Quit your disgusting drug addiction, go outside and socialize, get a tradwife, start a family, get a job and finally be a FUNCTIONAL MEMBER of society, you lazy junkie trash!!! At least you are partially spiritual and don't like materialist hedonism.
  • File:Ego.png Anarcho-Egoism - Do you have any sense of morality, for God's sake?!
  • Illegalism - Allows drugs, murder, abortion, rape, theft, and other degeneracy? Death penalty for him!
  • Avaritionism - Aren't you that thing above again?! Well, death penalty for you too, degenerate psycho!
  • White Nationalism - Aren't you just another Democrat?

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Notes

  1. ↑ depends mainly on the cultural context and the importance of capitalism within that context.
  2. ↑ Depends on the cultural context and the importance of the constitution in that context. In countries with long-established constitutions the constitution will be more important to conservatives than in ones with short-established constitutions

References

  1. ↑ http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html
  2. ↑ Sleaze and cronyism is currently a huge problem within the Conservative party and the Boris Johnson government has suffered from allegations of being corrupt.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190627174707/https://www.conservative.ca/media/documents/Policy-Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190627174707/https://www.conservative.ca/media/documents/Policy-Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf
  5. ↑ Some Canadian Conservatives tend to be more moderate on different areas, including social views, and advocating for economic liberalism.

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