What are the five fundamental tenets of "conservatism"

[leftofthedial]

paleo or neo

I know there is a difference between what "conservatives" claim to believe and what they actually practice.


What are the five (or so) basics?

elimination of all taxes?

elimination of all regulation?

state control over women's reproductive choices?

huge military budgets?

what do you think?

[Catshrink]

1. You just about nailed it

include "small government," too

[Fuzz]

2. Depends, tenets they preach or ones they live by?

[Marr]

3. Supreme (and absolute) power resides in the Executive Branch.

The other branches of government are only meant to serve the policies of the Executive Branch.

This is, of course, only the case when the president is a Republican.

[pscot]

4. Easy

1] All this shit is mine and I don't have to share.

2] I'm rich because god loves me. You're poor because you are an inferior being.

3] Society doesn't turn people into criminals, they are born evil.

4] The earth is mine. I can do whatever the fuck I want with it.

5] Because I'm rich and on top, I'm entitled to rule. The rest of you have to do whatever I say.

[angrycarpenter]

5. they have only two

money and power goes up, Burdens and restrictions go down.

[ThomWV]

6. Me, Me, Me, Me, Me! There you go, all 5 of them in one line.

[leftofthedial]

11. damn, that's good Thom

[Kingofalldems]

7. One sentence:

We must return to the 19th century.

[leftofthedial]

12. don't you mean the 12th Century?

[sailor65]

8. No

you've got Conservatives and Republicans confused with one another.

[leftofthedial]

13. what's your list?

[FSogol]

9. selfishness, greed, mistrust, bigotry, xenophobia

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. - John Kenneth Galbraith

[OffWithTheirHeads]

10. 1.Drink dirty water

2.Eat tainted meat
3.Breath polluted air
4.Think only of yourself
5.Vote Republican

[Krueg235]

14. If you can't afford healthcare that's your problem.