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> As a relative politico-economic position, conservative is “defense of the position of status quo elites”. That's a very narrow understanding of conservativis
by JAlexoid 5y ago
> As a relative politico-economic position, conservative is “defense of the position of status quo elites”.
That's a very narrow understanding of conservativism.
> “conservative” in the relative sense is always economically liberal
Conservatives have often taken steps to restrict market forces, that forced radical changes. So no - you cannot generalize conservativism to "economically liberal".
But rather than listening to me, feel free to read up a scholarly article.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conservatism/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conservatism/
- dragonwriter 5y ago> But rather than listening to me, feel free to read up a scholarly article. ...which amounts to “lots of people have used it lots of conflicting ways, some even denying it has meaning.” Which, as someone with a political science degree with cobsiderable exposure to both political philosophy and more common political dialogue, I’m well aware of. If you accept that whole space of use and non-use, the upthread claim that you can’t be a conservative and an economic liberal at the same time is more, not less, ridiculous, so perhaps you posted your response one comment two far down the thread?
- sudosysgen 5y agoMarket forces are radical. They can force incredible change. I don't think that meddling in the market and supporting the status-quo are mutually exclusive. I also don't think that being economically liberal means letting the market destroy itself or push large societal changes.