No, conservatism is about preserving the so-called "natural social hierarchies", including patriarchy, as well as economic hierarchies such as land ownership --

No, conservatism is about preserving the so-called "natural social hierarchies", including patriarchy, as well as economic hierarchies such as land ownership -- it is primarily about obedience, not freedom. It's not about the past, or generally resisting change, other than it sometimes coinciding with these principles. This is not a new definition forced onto it, it's the same definition that the founders of the conservative movement in the 1700s used and it remains the primary philosophy of the conservative movement.