It is propagandistic to call that "conservatism". It's commonly called, "tribalism". And yes, healthy politics is conducted on the basis that human societies a

It is propagandistic to call that "conservatism". It's commonly called, "tribalism". And yes, healthy politics is conducted on the basis that human societies are tribal. Democracy is just the "accounting system" for competing tribal concerns. Universalism, "classical liberalism", etc. is an occasional side effect of "healthy tribalism". It cannot be a political goal, because there are genuine contradictions in the preferences of various groups -- and they cannot be all jointly-realised. Faux-universalism fails to acknowledge this an ends up preferencing the "natural" distribution of resources, ie., that arising from the most powerful groups (taking, competing) with the weaksest.