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<blockquote data-quote="Fred&#039;s Myth" data-source="post: 5023345" data-attributes="member: 55587"><p>Don't know where you got your backward definition of conservatism, but I suspect it originated with YOU.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Conservatism</strong>, political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Conservatism" target="_blank">Conservatism</a> is a preference for the historically inherited rather than the abstract and ideal. This preference has traditionally rested on an organic <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conception" target="_blank">conception</a> of society—that is, on the belief that society is not merely a loose collection of individuals but a living organism <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprising" target="_blank">comprising</a> closely connected, interdependent members. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Conservatives" target="_blank">Conservatives</a> thus favor institutions and practices that have evolved gradually and are <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifestations" target="_blank">manifestations</a> of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continuity" target="_blank">continuity</a> and stability. <strong>Government’s responsibility is to be the servant, not the master, of existing ways of life, and politicians must therefore resist the temptation to transform society and politics.</strong> <em>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.britannica.com/topic/conservatism[/URL]</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred's Myth, post: 5023345, member: 55587"] Don't know where you got your backward definition of conservatism, but I suspect it originated with YOU. [B]Conservatism[/B], political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices. [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Conservatism']Conservatism[/URL] is a preference for the historically inherited rather than the abstract and ideal. This preference has traditionally rested on an organic [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conception']conception[/URL] of society—that is, on the belief that society is not merely a loose collection of individuals but a living organism [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprising']comprising[/URL] closely connected, interdependent members. [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Conservatives']Conservatives[/URL] thus favor institutions and practices that have evolved gradually and are [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manifestations']manifestations[/URL] of [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continuity']continuity[/URL] and stability. [B]Government’s responsibility is to be the servant, not the master, of existing ways of life, and politicians must therefore resist the temptation to transform society and politics.[/B] [I][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.britannica.com/topic/conservatism[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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