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- From: Grzegorz Albinowski <caius@II.UJ.EDU.PL>
- Subject: conservatism
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- Jamie wrote:
- >Classically conservatives are those who are (1) in favor of the status quo,
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- Not exactly.
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- Conservatism is a set of values based on superiority of natural (or divine)
- law over established law.
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- Classically, when those values were widely accepted and adopted, conservatism
- had nothing to do but preserve the values and prevent reform.
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- It was CONSERVATISM BY INSTINCT.
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- Now, when this situation is no longer true, when free market economy
- and the right to posses are publically challenged, when homosexuality
- is widely considered normal, the conservatives have to fight to
- re-establish the virtues, return to the values. It is no longer in favor
- of status quo. It requires reforms. Reforms in the opposite direction
- that the trends in the last years.
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- It is CONSERVATISM BY KNOWLEGDE.
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- Disclaimer: I am *NOT* an expert at conservatism. Please have it in mind
- when flaming or associating MY views to other people.
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- Caius.
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