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**[[File:NeoAntiProgAtheism.png]] [[Alt-Lite#Anti-SJW|Anti-Progressivism]]Atheism

**[[File:CultchristProgconf.png]] [[Religious_Nationalism#Cultural_Christianity|CulturalProgressive ChristianityConservatism]] (many)

*[[File:Relcon.png]] '''Religious Conservatism''' [[File:ReligiousCon.png]] {{Collapse|

**[[File:Trad.png]] [[Traditionalism]]

**[[File:Cdem.png]] [[Christian Democracy]] (many, [[File:Christian Conservatism.png]] Christian Conservatism)

**[[File:Christy.png]] [[Christian Theocracy]] (most early proponents, some nowadays, [[File:Christian Conservatism.png]] Christian Conservatism)

**[[File:Natcon.png]] [[National Conservatism]] (many)

**[[File:Islamic Democracy.png]] [[Islamic Democracy]] (many, [[File:IslamCon.png]] Islamic Conservatism)

**[[File:Muslim.png]] [[Islamic Theocracy]] (many, [[File:IslamCon.png]] Islamic Conservatism)

*[[File:SyndieSamCon.png]] '''Conservative Trade Unionism''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Anticommunism.png]] Anti-Communism (Most)

**[[File:Antimultcult.png]] Anti-Immigration (Most)

**[[File:AntiNeoLib.png]] Anti-Neoliberalism (Most)

**[[File:ConSocDem.png]] [[Social Democracy|Conservative Social Democracy]] (Some)

**[[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]] (Few)

**[[File:Cultcon.png]] [[Traditionalism|Cultural Conservatism]]

**[[File:Natlib.png]] [[National Libertarianism]] (Some)

**[[File:SyndieSamWelfChauvin.png]] [[SyndicalismWelfare Chauvinism]] (Most)

*[[File:Dostoevsky.png]] '''Dostoevskyism''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Abolitionism.png]] [[Abolitionism]]

**[[File:AntiDem.png]] Anti-Democracy

**[[File:AntiLibIcon.png]] Anti-Liberalism

**[[File:Antinil.png]] Anti-Nihilism

**[[File:Authoritarian Conservatism.png]] [[Authoritarian Conservatism]]

**[[File:Antiprog.png]] Anti-Progressivism

**[[File:Abolitionism.png]] [[Abolitionism|Anti-Slavery]]

**[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism

**[[File:Existentialism.png]] Existentialism

**[[File:Orth.png]] [[Orthodox Theocracy]]

**[[File:Patcon.png]] [[Paternalistic Conservatism]]

**[[File:Tsar.png]] [[Absolute Monarchism|Tsarism]]

*[[File:Conserv.png]] '''American Conservatism/GOPism''' [[File:RepubUS.png]] {{Collapse|

**[[File:American Patriotism.png]] [[Patriotism|American Patriotism]]

**[[File:Antiabort.png]] Anti-Abortion

**[[File:Anticommunism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Communism}}

**[[File:AntiDrug.png]] Anti-Drug

**[[File:Anti-LGBT.png]] Anti-LGBT+

**[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism

**[[File:ChristZion.png]] [[Zionism|Christian Zionism]] (Most)

**[[File:Right-AnEn.png]] [[Climate Skepticism]]

**[[File:Fiscon.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism]]

**[[File:Marketeconomy.png]] [[Capitalism|Free-Market Capitalism]]

**[[File:GRights.png]] {{PCBA|Gun Rights Advocacy}}

**[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] (Most)

**[[File:SocialConservative.png]] [[Traditionalism|Social Conservatism]]

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*[[File:BrazilCon.png]] '''Brazilian Conservatism''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Antiabort.png]] Anti-Abortion

**[[File:Anticommunism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Communism}}

**[[File:Anti-LGBT.png]] Anti-LGBT+

**[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism

**[[File:ConNeoLIb.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Conservative Neoliberalism]]

**[[File:Crony.png]] {{PCBA|Cronyism}} (most)<ref>[[w:Centr%C3%A3o|"Centrão"]], Wikipedia.org.</ref>

**[[File:Fiscon.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism]]

**[[File:Libconserv3.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism]]

**[[File:SocialConservative.png]] [[Traditionalism|Social Conservatism]] (most)

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*[[File:Con-t.png]] '''British Conservatism/Toryism''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Atlanticism.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Atlanticism]] (modern)

**[[File:Antisoc.png]] Anti-Socialism

**[[File:BritishEmpire.png]] [[Imperialism|British Imperialism]]

**[[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|British Unionism]]

**[[File:Unitary.png]] [[Centralism]]

**[[File:Burke.png]] [[Classical Liberalism|Burkean Conservatism]]

**[[File:Church.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Churchillism]]

**[[File:Civnat.png]] [[Civic Nationalism]]

**[[File:Conmon.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism]]

**[[File:Crony.png]] [[Corporatocracy|Cronyism]] (Recently)

**[[File:Econlib.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism|Economic Liberalism]]<ref>[http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/unitedkingdom.html ''"United Kingdom"''], Parties and Elections.eu.</ref>

**[[File:Oligarchy.png]] [[Oligarchy|Elitism]] (Accused)

**[[File:Klep.png]] [[Kleptocracy]] (Accused){{Refn|Sleaze and cronyism is currently a huge problem within the Conservative party, with the Boris Johnson government suffering significantly from allegations of alleged corruption.|group=Note}}

**[[File:Soccap.png]] [[Social Capitalism|Social Market Economy]]

**[[File:MagicPT.png]] [[Zionism]]

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*[[File:CanadaConservative.png]] '''Canadian Conservatism''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Conmon.png]] [[Constitutional Monarchism]]<ref name=":1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190627174707/https://www.conservative.ca/media/documents/Policy-Declaration-Feb-2014.pdf ''"Policy Declaration: February 2014"''], Conservative.ca. Archived 27 June 2019.</ref>

**[[File:Econlib.png]] [[Fiscal Conservatism|Economic Liberalism]]

**[[File:Fed.png]] [[Federalism]]

**[[File:Intercult.png]] [[Interculturalism]]

**[[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]]

**[[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism]]<ref name=":1" />

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*[[File:French Republican Party.png]] '''French Conservatism''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Anticommunism.png]] {{PCBA|Anti-Communism}}

**[[File:Civnat.png]] [[Civic Nationalism]]

**[[File:Confem-alt.png]] [[Conservative Feminism]]

**[[File:ConNeoLIb.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Conservative Neoliberalism]]

**[[File:FrenchPatriotism.png]] [[Patriotism|French Patriotism]]

**[[File:Liberalconservative.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism]]

**[[File:NeoGaulle.png]] [[Gaullism|Neo-Gaullism]]

**[[File:Cball-EU.png]] [[European Federalism|Pro-Europeanism]]

**[[File:Republicanismpix.png]] [[Republicanism]]

**[[File:Soccap.png]] [[Social Capitalism]]

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**[[File:Zio.png]] [[Zionism]]}}

*[[File:PeoplePowerPartyAntiabort.png]] '''Korean Conservatism''' {{Collapse|Anti-Abortion

**[[File:AntiabortAnticommunism.png]] Anti-AbortionCommunism

**[[File:AnticommunismAntiDrug.png]] Anti-CommunismDrug

**[[File:AntiDrugIslamophobia.png]] Anti-DrugIslam

**[[File:IslamophobiaAnti-LGBT.png]] Anti-IslamLGBT+

**[[File:Anti-LGBTSocdem.png]] 'Anti-LGBT+Populism'

**[[File:Anti-SocdemAntisoc.png]] 'Anti-Populism'Socialism

**[[File:AntisocCultural_Nationalism.png]] Anti-Socialism[[Cultural Nationalism]]

**[[File:Cultural_NationalismIndust.png]] [[Cultural NationalismIndustrialism]]

**[[File:IndustPan-Koreanism.png]] [[IndustrialismPan-Nationalism|Korean Unification]]

**[[File:Pan-KoreanismNecon.png]] [[Pan-Nationalism|Korean UnificationNeoconservatism]]

**[[File:NeconModnat.png]] [[NeoconservatismPatriotism]]

**[[File:ModnatRepublicanismpix.png]] [[PatriotismRepublicanism]]

**[[File:RepublicanismpixSinophobia.png]] [[Republicanism]]Sinophobia

**[[File:ProtTheo.png]] [[Protestant Theocracy]] (literally)

[[File:Confem-alt.png]] [[Conservative Feminism]]<br>

[[File:Libconserv3Liberalconservative.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism]]<br>

[[File:ConbertfLibcon.png]] [[Libertarian Conservatism]] [[File:LibconConbertf.png]]<br>

**[[File:HenryKissinger.png]] [[Machiavellianism|Henry Kissinger]] (1923-2023) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany/[[File:Cball-US.png]] USA

**[[File:MichaelFlynnPopHawk.png]] [[StratocracyNeoconservatism|Michael Flynn]] (1958-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA

**[[File:MTGPlcn2.png]] [[Paleoconservatism|Marjorie Taylor Greene]] (1974-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA

**[[File:CandaceOwensBlackcon.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Candace Owens]] (1989-) [[File:Cball-US.png]] USA

**[[File:CarlyleTradcon.png]] [[Classical Conservatism|Thomas Carlyle]] (1795-1881) [[File:Cball-GB.png]] Great Britain

**[[File:SuellaNeconfem.png]] [[Neoconservatism|Suella Braverman]] (1980-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK

**[[File:Badenoch.png]] [[National ConservatismTraditionalism|Kemi Badenoch]] (1980-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK

**[[File:Bakiyev.png]] [[AuthoritarianIlliberal Democracy|Kurmanbek Bakiyev]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-Kyrgyzstan.png]] Kyrgyzstan

**[[File:United Russia.png]] [[AuthoritarianIlliberal Democracy|Vladislav Surkov]] (1964-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia

*[[File:PanAmerLatAm.png]] '''Latin America''' {{Collapse|

**[[File:Geisel.png]] [[AuthoritarianIlliberal Democracy|Ernesto Geisel]] (1907-1996) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil

**[[File:HongKongPro-BeijingCamp.png]] [[AuthoritarianIlliberal Democracy|Regina Ip]] (1950-) [[File:Cball-HongKong.png]] Hong Kong

**[[File:De Klerk.png]] [[AuthoritarianIlliberal Democracy|F. W. de Klerk]] (1936-2021) [[File:Cball-South_Africa alt.png]] South Africa

'''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 [[File:Religious.png]] religion with the aim of emphasizing social stability and continuity. butBut with time, this thinking was somewhat alienated from politics. Overall, conservatism is an economically and civically variable, [[File:Trad.png]] [[Traditionalism|culturally right]] ideology although a few conservatives ideologies are [[File:CulCentrism.png]] [[Progressive Conservatism|culturally center]].

The characteristics defining conservatism in the United States include support for the [[File:SocialConservative.png]] traditional family, [[File:PolState.png]] law and order, [[File:GRights.png]] the right to bear arms, [[File:Christy.png]] Christian values, [[File:Antisoc.png]] 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 [[File:Libertarian.png]] [[Libertarianism|Libertarians]], favor, low taxes, limited regulation, and free enterprise, although manymost conservatives in the US are also [[File:Keynes.png]] [[Keynesian School|Keynesian]], which are the economic policies that mostly differentiate them from most Libertarians. Some of them also see [[File:Religious.png]] religion as an important part of Western Civilization and are opposed to [[File:Secular.png]] secularism, and separation of the church and the state.

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

InWhen hishe youth,was young Dostoevsky enjoyed reading Nikolai Karamzin's History of the Russian State, which praised conservatism and Russian independence, ideas that Dostoevsky would embrace later in life. Before his arrest for participating in the Petrashevsky Circle in 1849, Dostoevsky remarkedsaid, "As far as I am concerned, nothing was ever more ridiculous than the idea of a republican government in Russia." In an 1881 edition of his Diaries, Dostoevsky stated that the Tsar and the people should form a unity: "For the people, the tsar is not an external power, not the power of some conqueror ... but a power of all the people, an all-unifying power the people themselves desired."

While critical of serfdom, Dostoevsky was skeptical about the creation of a constitution, a concept he viewed it as unrelated to Russia's history. He described it as a mere "gentleman's rule" and believed that "a constitution would simply enslave the people". He advocated social change instead, for example, the removal of the feudal system and a weakening of the divisions between the peasantry and the affluent classes. His ideal was a utopian, Christianized Russia where "if everyone were actively Christian, not a single social question would come up ... If they were Christians they would settle everything". He thought democracy and oligarchy were poor systems; of France, he wrote, "the oligarchs are only concerned with the interest of the wealthy; the democrats, only with the interest of the poor; but the interests of society, the interest of all and the future of France as a whole—no one there bothers about these things." He maintained that political parties ultimately led to social discord. In the 1860s, he discovered Pochvennichestvo, a movement similar to Slavophilism in that it rejected Europe's culture and contemporary philosophical movements, such as nihilism and materialism. Pochvennichestvo differed from Slavophilism in aiming to establish, not an isolated Russia, but a more open state modelledmodeled on the Russia of Peter the Great.

In his incomplete article "Socialism and Christianity", Dostoevsky claimed that civilisationcivilization ("the second stage in human history") had become degraded, and that it was moving towards liberalism and losing its faith in God. He asserted that the traditional concept of Christianity should be recovered. He thought that contemporary westernWestern Europe had "rejected the single formula for their salvation that came from God and was proclaimed through revelation, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbourneighbor as thyself', and replaced it with practical conclusions such as, 'Chacun pour soi et Dieu pour tous' [Every man for himself and God for all], or "scientific" slogans like 'the struggle for survival.'" He considered this crisis to be the consequence of the collision between communal and individual interests, brought about by a decline in religious and moral principles.

Dostoevsky distinguished three "enormous world ideas" prevalent in his time: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and (Russian) Orthodoxy. He claimed that Catholicism had continued the tradition of Imperial Rome and had thus become anti-Christian and proto-socialist, inasmuch assince the Church's interest in political and mundane affairs led it to abandon the idea of Christ. For Dostoevsky, socialism was "the latest incarnation of the Catholic idea" and its "natural ally". He found Protestantism self-contradictory and claimed that it would ultimately lose power and spirituality. He deemed (Russian) Orthodoxy to be the ideal form of Christianity.

For all that, to place Dostoevsky politically is not that simple, but: as a Christian, he rejected atheistic socialism; as a traditionalist, he rejected the destruction of the institutions; and, as a pacifist, he rejected any violent method or upheaval led by either progressives or reactionaries. He supported private property and business rights, and did not agree with many criticisms of the free market from the socialist utopians of his time.

During the Russo-Turkish War, Dostoevsky asserted that war might be necessary if salvation were to be granted. He wanted the Muslim Ottoman Empire eliminated and the Christian Byzantine Empire restored, and he hoped for the liberation of the Balkan Slavs and their unification with the Russian Empire.

"I am not an enemy of the Jews at all and never have been. But as you say, its 40-century existence proves that this tribe has exceptional vitality, which would not help, during the course of its history, taking the form of various Status in Statu ... how can they fail to find themselves, even if only partially, at variance with the indigenous population – the Russian tribe?"

Dostoevsky was an Orthodox Christian who was raised in a religious family and knew the Gospel from a very young age. He was influenced by the Russian translation of Johannes Hübner's One Hundred and Four Sacred Stories from the Old and New Testaments Selected for Children (partly a German bible for children and partly a catechism). He attended Sunday liturgies from an early age and took part in annual pilgrimages to the St. Sergius Trinity Monastery. A deacon at the hospital gave him religious instruction. Among his most cherished childhood memories were reciting prayers in front of guests and reading passages from the Book of Job that impressed him while "still almost a child."

Conservatism loves tradition and old values. He usually does not like [[File:Gay.png]][[File:Lesbian.png]] LGBTQ+ advocates [[File:Bix.png]][[File:Trans.png]], but sometimes accepts [[File:Hcon.png]] [[Homoconservatism]]. He is accused of being [[File:Racism.png]] racist and [[File:Xenophobia.png]] xenophobic by [[File:Prog-u.png]] [[Progressivism]], but insists that it's actually his opponents who are "the real racists". He thinks that [[File:Female.png]] women and [[File:Male.png]] men are fundamentally different. In addition, because countries have taken different paths to glory, conservatives' idea are different in different countries so conservatives can be either small-government or statist.

*[[File:Cball-UK.png]] [[w:Thomas Carlyle|Thomas Carlyle]] [[File:CarlyleTradcon.png]]

**[[File:Cball-US.png]] [[w:Donald Trump|Donald Trump]] [[File:TrumpismBlump.png]]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF09gso3ktk How Disgust Drives Society, History and the Right] by [[File:ConlibConClib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Whatifalthist]]

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKBMRkFIdm0 A Study of Decadence] by [[File:ConlibConClib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism|Whatifalthist]]