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What are right-wing/conservative politics if not the preservation of social heirarchy?Or the preservation of traditional social institutions. Really curious how you could define this any differently.
The RIGHT WING/LEFT WING distinction originates in the first parliaments of the French Revolution
"the Baron de Gauville, explained: 'We began to recognize each other: those who were loyal to religion and the king took up positions to the right of the chair so as to avoid the shouts, oaths, and indecencies that enjoyed free rein in the opposing camp.'
That's quite clear, the right wing prioritizes god & king.
RIGHT-WING politics "holds the view that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, or tradition. Hierarchy and inequality may be viewed as natural results of traditional social differences or the competition in market economies. The term right-wing can generally refer to "the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system....Although the term right-wing originated with traditional conservatives, monarchists, and reactionaries, the term extreme right-wing has been applied to movements including fascism, Nazism, and racial supremacy."
CONSERVATISM, on the other hand, is "a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization. The central tenets of conservatism include tradition, organic society, hierarchy, authority, and property rights. Conservatives seek to preserve a range of institutions such as religion, parliamentary government, and property rights, with the aim of emphasizing social stability and continuity. The more traditional elements—reactionaries—oppose modernism and seek a return to 'the way things were"'
So I think your definition is right on. I think we have to be careful about associating American Conservatism too closely with the American right wing these days because the 21st century right-wing has little interest in American traditions.
Take voting rights, for example. American Conservatives must uphold the franchise as a constitutional and indeed God given right. Right WIngers believe in reserving that franchise for right-wingers wherever possible.
- Yesterday, Trump explained his reason for defunding the Post Office, "They need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots, If they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting because they’re not equipped to have it.”
- That's quite explicit- Trump opposes the Post Office because TRump opposes universal voting.
- Yesterday,White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow argued, "So much of the, uh, uh, Democratic, uh, asks, are really liberal left wish lists, as we don’t want a — vote — you know, voting rights, and aid to aliens, and so forth. That’s not our game."
- Most of the Right Wing is on board with the statement, "voting rights is not our game" but no American Conservative could possibly abide such a statement.
George Bush Sr, John McCain, MItt Romney, George Will, are examples of American who were once both Right Wing and Conservative but are now nowhere near the Right Wing while remaining conservative as the RIght WIng warps and mutates into something increasingly unrecognizable to traditional Americans.
