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The Modern Liberal influence on some of today's Conservatives can cause Conservatives to occasionally use Libertarian sounding rhetoric. But, the chief sanction of individual freedom and private property to a Conservative is not its philosophy. The appeal to Conservatives is its antiquity. Support for private property, support for privacy, opposition to economic leveling, and opposition to a strong central government in favor of more local government control with general community agreement is a time tested method for stability. | The Modern Liberal influence on some of today's Conservatives can cause Conservatives to occasionally use Libertarian sounding rhetoric. But, the chief sanction of individual freedom and private property to a Conservative is not its philosophy. The appeal to Conservatives is its antiquity. Support for private property, support for privacy, opposition to economic leveling, and opposition to a strong central government in favor of more local government control with general community agreement is a time tested method for stability. | ||
There are two factions of modern Conservatism which have no Liberal influence | There are two factions of modern Conservatism which have no Liberal influence: NeoConservatives are the political descendants of mid 1900s Cold War Progressives and Social Conservatives draw from the Progressivism of the early 1900s [[Prohibition Party]]. | ||
===Difference with Progressivism=== | ===Difference with Progressivism=== | ||