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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

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Berlusconism

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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

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

Flag of Liberal Conservatism
  1. Draw a ball with Eyes
  2. Draw a Blue (top) and Red (bottom) bicolour
  3. Draw a white ball in the middle of the bicolour
  4. Draw four red lines on the white ball coming from the bottom left

And You're Done!

Color Name HEX RGB
Mostly Red #DE0100 222, 1, 0
Strong Blue #1404BD 20, 4, 189
White #FFFFFF 255, 255, 255


Relationships

Friends

  • 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!
  • Conservative Liberalism - My more conservative but less statist uncle! Basically a more radical version of me!
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Neo-Libertarianism - Like the above but more interventionist, and therefore more close to me. Really a great match for me.
  • Globalism - Free trade is what makes the world prosperous!
  • Moderatism - BORING GANG! (Please vote for me.)
  • Theodemocracy - Thank you very much for voting for me!

Frenemies

  • 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?!
  • 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...

Enemies

Further Information

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Citations

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Petro Poroshenko was a founder of Roshen
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "2019 Ukrainian presidential election#Ukrainian television coverage." Wikipedia
  4. ↑ [2]
  5. ↑ The Democrats are mainly a social liberal party, but there exists some conservative leaning factions

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