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Revision as of 12:16, 17 March 2023
Not to be confused with
Conservative Liberalism or
Libertarian Conservatism.
Liberal Conservatism, often shortened to LibCon is an economically centre-right to right, culturally moderate but generally right-leaning and usually centre to authoritarian-leaning on the lib-auth axis, ideology. Liberal conservatism incorporates the Classical Liberal view of minimal government intervention in the economy, according to which individuals should be free to participate in the market and generate wealth without government interference. However, unlike most liberals, liberal conservatism emphasizes trying to conserve this worldview and views any attempts to challenge it as an existential threat. They are also unafraid to be called conservative, even if they're often more socially liberal on certain issues.
History
Historically, conservatism in the 18th and 19th centuries comprised a set of principles based on concern for established tradition, respect for authority, and religious values. This form of traditionalist or classical conservatism is often considered to be exemplified by the writings of Joseph de Maistre in the post-Enlightenment age. Contemporaneous liberalism, now recalled as classical liberalism, advocated both political freedom for individuals and a free market in the economic sphere. Ideas of this sort were promulgated by John Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, who are respectively remembered as the fathers of liberalism, including economic liberalism, the separation of church and state, social liberalism and utilitarianism.
According to scholar Andrew Vincent, the maxim of liberal conservatism is "economics is prior to politics". Others emphasize the openness of historical change and suspicion of tyrannical majorities behind the hailing of individual liberties and traditional virtues by authors such as Edmund Burke and Alexis de Tocqueville as the basis of current liberal conservatism which can be seen both in the works of Raymond Aron and Michael Oakeshott. However, there is general agreement that the original liberal conservatives were those who combined conservative social attitudes with an economically liberal outlook, adapting a previous aristocratic understanding of natural inequalities between men to the rule of meritocracy, without directly criticizing privileges of birth as long as individual liberties were guaranteed. Over time, the majority of conservatives in the Western world came to adopt free-market economic ideas as the Industrial Revolution progressed and the aristocracy lost its power, to the extent that such ideas are now generally considered as part of conservatism. Nonetheless, the term liberal is used in most countries to describe those with free-market economic views. This is the case in continental Europe, Australia, and Latin America.
United States
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Europe
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Germany
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United Kingdom
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Variants
Poroshenkoism
WIP
Berlusconism
WIP
Kernesism
Kernesism is the ideology of Gennadiy Kernes who was a mayor of Kharkiv from 2010 to 2020. It is
corruptionary doctrine and
cronyistic, like many other
Party of Regions members. The party of Kernes was
"Block of Kernes — Succesfull Kharkiv". Kharkivians think that he was a good mayor and is respected even after his death in December 2020 due to COVID complications. Howerer outside of Eastern Ukraine, he remains a controversial figure as he supported pro-Russian unrests following the Euromaidan.
Romneyism
Romneyism is based on the political beliefs of Utah Senator and 2012
Republican Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. Romney describes himself as being a
Moderate Republican. His first major position in politics was serving as Governor of
Massachusetts, where he cut spending, increased fees, and closed corporate tax loopholes in order to bring about surpluses. Romney also signed into law the Massachusetts health care reform or "Romneycare" which aimed at providing health insurance to all Massachusetts residents and would ironically serve as a model for "Obamacare".
On social issues, he is quite conservative. Although he was pro-choice as governor, he later became
pro-life in 2005 as he became
culturally right, opposing abortion in all cases except for rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother. In addition to being pro-life, Romney also opposes
pornography and
LGBT+ rights, although, by 2022, he began to moderate his stance on the LGBT+ community, voting in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires all states and territories to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages and civil unions while also protecting
religious freedom.
In 2012 Romney won the Republican nomination for President and faced incumbent President Barack Obama. Obama criticized Romney for calling
Russia the number one geopolitical foe to The United States and for his proposed Medicare reforms. Obama ended up defeating Romney and served another term as President.
During the 2016 Presidential Election, Romney criticized Donald Trump calling him a phony and a fraud. In response, Trump called Romney a "choke artist". In 2018 Romney was elected to the Senate representing
Utah, he became the most prominent
Anti-Trump Republican in the Senate voting to convict him in both his impeachment trials. Romney also marched alongside
Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 and voted to confirm
Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in 2022.
Blue Dog Democratism ![](//static.miraheze.org/polcompballwiki/e/e5/Dem-BlueDog.png)
Blue Dog Democrats are Moderate members of
The Democratic Party who caucus in The Blue Dog Coalition in the US House of Representatives. The Blue Dog Coalition was founded by a group of conservative Democrats in 1995 in response to the defeats in the 1994 midterm elections. Many of the founding members of the Blue Dog Coalition were Southern conservatives who were still members of the Democratic Party. The caucus advocated for
Fiscal Conservatism, while being mostly moderate on social issues. They also advocated for bipartisan consensus with
Republicans and acted as a check on legislation that was considered too far left or right. Today the Blue Dog Coalition retains it's fiscal conservative views but is more aligned with the rest of The Democratic Party on social issues. The caucus is also a lot more diverse not only in terms of ethnicity but also in terms of what states it's members represent. Blue Dogs have changed from a coalition of "southern white men" to "a multi-regional, multicultural group". One notable former member of the Blue Dog Coalition would be Senator
Kyrsten Sinema of
Arizona.
Personality
LibCon's personality is that of a nerdy politician that is fiercely scared to lose voters (aka kinda boring, but not too boring). He tries to compromise with both liberals and conservatives by adopting some of their policies. They don't always backfire, however, both of these groups still hate him. Basically the combined personalities of George H.W. Bush, John McCain, John Kasich,
David Cameron,
Angela Merkel,
Mark Rutte and of course, God Emperor Mitt Romney. He may also act like Hank Hill from King of the Hill.
LibCon also really likes reading and money.
Others define him as "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" but the term "liberal" has been erroneously associated with the left nowadays (especially in the US), so he tries to associate himself with Classical Liberalism.
How to Draw
- Draw a ball with Eyes
- Draw a Blue (top) and Red (bottom) bicolour
- Draw a white ball in the middle of the bicolour
- Draw four red lines on the white ball coming from the bottom left
And You're Done!
Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
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Mostly Red | #DE0100 | 222, 1, 0 | |
Strong Blue | #1404BD | 20, 4, 189 | |
White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 |
Relationships
Voter Base
Civic Nationalism - My nationalist counterpart. As long as they come here legally.
Time to make that as difficult as possible.Neoconservatism - Besides that schism we caused in the Republican Party in the 2000s, we're alright. (Don't make me cut the military budget though).
Classical Liberalism - My last friend left that hasn't changed a bit. Love you, gramps!
Neoliberalism - Though I don't like how woke you can be these days, I've still learned a lot from your economics. Reagan and Thatcher are my heroes!
Rockefeller Republicanism - RINO before it became mainstream. Thanks for the inspiration!
Fiscal Conservatism - Slashing Budgets? Lowering Deficits? Pinch me, I must be dreaming!
Christian Democracy - In some countries we're almost the same thing.
Syncretic Liberalism - Some reasonable advocates of you in America seem to like me quite a lot, and you're very agreeable too.
Progressive Conservatism - You're pretty similar to me, but at the same time you're not... Eh, never mind. Thanks for the votes!
One-Nation Conservatism - My slightly more economically lefty UK counterpart. Disraeli was a hero!
Third Way
- Thanks for welcoming me to your faction after most of us left when Trump started running. Sometimes based economics, Hilary was ok back in the day and we both aren't really that different. However, Obama's Environmental regulations and Obamacare were a weak decision.
Neo-Libertarianism - More close to me than the rest of the liberts. Really a great match for me.
Globalism - Free trade is what makes the world prosperous!
Moderatism - The GOP shall be closed for radicals and extremists and The Tories are free from them! (Please vote for me.)
Theodemocracy - Thank you very much for voting for me!
Ordo-Liberalism - You're pretty cool.
Compromise?
National Liberalism - Fellow Right-Liberal, but he's way too nationalistic and somewhat racist for my tastes. But at least he's not like
that fool. I'm sorry you got ruined by them.
Liberalism - Well I'm a liberal so I can at least expect you to be voting on my side- WAIT, WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR
SOCLIB?!
Conservatism - We're both conservatives so I expect you to be voting for me- OH COME ON, WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR
NATCON?!
Conservative Liberalism - No, sorry pal, we're not the same. You're just the above but even more against big govermnent, hopefully your more right of center followers will get more power. PragerU is annoying sometimes.
Dengism - I like to say that I hate you because of your authoritarianism but surprisingly many of my followers (Bush I, Merkel, Piñera, etc.) defend you for some reason.
Paternalistic Conservatism - Neutered socialist, but tolerable. I guess I'll incorporate some of their policies
so I can get some votes.LGBT Conservatism - Gay rights are needed for a functioning and successful society!
Drop the "T" and we're fine, also depending on what's politically expedient I may say something about gay adoption,please vote for me anyway.Classical Conservatism - Waaaaay too traditionalist for my tastes.
National Conservatism - Not a fan of his fanatical conservatism and nationalism, but we have to work together. I'll also incorporate some of their policies
so that mainstream conservatives will like them more and thus get some more votes woohoo.Erdoğanism - You used to be so cool in the 2000s. What happened to you?!
Alt-Lite - You'd better grow out of this edgy phase before it's too late!
Borisism - Some of your views align with mine and I still like you over
him, but your authoritarianism and euroscepticism rub me the wrong way...
Radical Centrism - Some pragmatism and compromise would be nice but something seems off with you...
Conservative Socialism - A lot of you are culturally moderate but socialism and defending regimes in The Third World make me feel iffy about your talents...
Libertarian Conservatism - We're almost a match but he complains that I'm too statist, anti-cannabis and compromise with
Neoconservatism. Still, I like him and he's been a good middle during
The Neutered Communist Grandpa and
Far-Right Orange Maniac. Barry Goldwater is better than Ron Paul, still.
Traditionalism - Nature is non-stop changes! Be wiser like you always say, not every aspect of innovationism is automatically a failture.
Opponents
Reactionary Liberalism - Get help, seriously. I don't know what's so liberal about you in the first place.
- File:Progress.png Progressivism - I wouldn't mind you if you weren't so collectivist, woke and symathetic to socialists.
State Liberalism - THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT THE WOKE WANT (based economic thought).
Social Liberalism - Neutered File:Soc.png Socialism
Social Democracy - Actual neutered socialism and my main rival in most countries.
Liberal Socialism - Not a real liberal.
Left-Wing Populism - "U sUpPoRt tHe GaY bUt HaTe ThE pOoR" Yeah whatever.
Right-Wing Populism - A real conservative would be part of the Never Trump movement!
Dammit, two failed impeachment trials...Also stop calling me a "cuckservative".Poroshenko and BoJo are somehow both of us.Alt-Right - Get lost, you wannabe Nazi!
National Socialism - You are an insult to right-wingers everywhere, and I'm not saying this because I'm a "libtard"!
Democratic Socialism - Bernout who said that I "simp" for votes, at least I get them unlike you lol.
- File:Soc.png Socialism and
Syndicalism - Union crushing time!
Anarcho-Communism - You guys are so naive...
Maoism - The Cultural Revolution was a massive evidence-based failure that destroyed valuable Chinese culture. #NeverForget.
Paleoconservatism - I don't care I may like your pro-western speeches and we both like Ike, you're the fake conservative, Grandpa!
Bidenism - No better than Trump, Your strong Welfarism and Protectionism were the reasons I lost all my hopes for you.
National Capitalism - This is the future of The Republican Party without me! Stay away from me!
Welfare Chauvinism - Get a life, literally my opposite.
Marine Le Pen is still better than her Daddy.Reactionarism - Returning to the Middle Ages?!? What?!? You are insane!
Ultranationalism - Damn it! We don't need our country ONLY for ourselves! Be happy with what we've got and just listen to
His advice!
Jacksonian Democracy - He was a Democrat, vote for me!
Wait...(Remembers Trump's choice for a favourite President to put a picture of) shit...
Further Information
Wikipedia
Political Parties
Organizations and movements within the
Republican Party:
- Organizations and movements within the
Democratic Party[5]
Organizations and movements within the
Conservative Party:
National Renewal
SPOLU
CREO
European People's Party
The Republicans
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Fine Gael
Forza Italia
Democrats
Republican Proposal
Patriotic Union
Conservative Party
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
National League for Democracy
National Party
National Liberal Party
New Democracy
People's Party
Moderate Party
European Solidarity
National Party
National Action Party
Project Venezuela
Civic Platform
Everybody's Hungary Movement
Grand Alliance for National Unity
Agreement
Constitutional Union
Democrat Party
Motherland Party
People
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Caitlyn Jenner
John Kasich
Larry Hogan
John McCain
George H.W Bush
Jeb Bush
Carl Bildt
Angela Merkel
David Cameron
Mitt Romney
Silvio Berlusconi
Theresa May
John Major
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Ma Ying-jeou
George Osborne
Matt Hancock
Amber Rudd
Erin O'Toole
Mark Rutte
Nicolas Sarkozy
Aung San Suu Kyi
Dmitry Medvedev
Felipe Calderón
Leo Varadkar
Pablo Casado
Erna Solberg
Klaus Iohannis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Sebastián Piñera
Mauricio Macri
Guillermo Lasso
Luis Lacalle Pou
Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto
Péter Márki-Zay
Jarosław Gowin
Gennadiy Kernes
Turgut Özal
Online Communities
Literature
- Tory Party manifestos under David Cameron and Theresa May's Leaderships
- No Apology By Mitt Romney
- It's Up To Us by Josh Kaich
- For the Record by David Cameron
- Liberal Conservatism, not Conservative liberalism by Peter Augustine Lawler
- Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative by Francis Elliot and James Hanning
- Speaking of freedom: The collected speeches by George H.W Bush
- A World Transformed by George H.W Bush
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