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 Originally Posted by wufwugy
In a way. Conservatism is an offshoot of liberalism. They're like two sides of the same coin, where liberalism is saying faster faster must go faster and conservatism is saying slow ya roll there hoss, let's not mess something up here.
Originally liberalism was the movement in 18th century France to give power to the people from the monarchs (or I guess already before that in Spain, but I think France is usually considered the start). In the French parliament, the liberals sat on the left of the isle, conservatives on the right (that's where political left-right comes from). Conservatives were the ones supporting monarchy and traditional values, and has always been the main opposition of liberalism. In the American revolution classical liberalism won over the English monarchy, so you're right in the sense that there conservatism (republicanism) has tried to uphold those roots, against the rising social liberalism. Still, conservatism as an ideology typically isn't liberal, rather it's opposite. The common values they typically hold are support of free markets and property rights.
I think it's more like
Liberals: Let's try to change things for the better
Conservatives: Nah, we're good
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