Conservatism on the 12 Axes

Conservatism as a political tradition took shape in reaction to the French Revolution, especially in Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Burke argued that inherited institutions carry accumulated wisdom and should be changed slowly. Later conservatism joined that caution to religion, patriotism and, in the 20th century, free-market economics, as in the fusionism of William F. Buckley in the United States and the governments of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Conservatives value the family, faith communities, the nation and the rule of law. Compared with Moderate Conservatism, it is more religious, more nationalist and firmer on social questions. Compared with Paleoconservatism, it is more open to free trade, alliances and military engagement abroad.

• Right-Wing Populism 80%Right-wing populism presents politics as a struggle between ordinary people and a corrupt elite, combining nationalism, strict immigration control and protectionism with appeals to traditional values.
• Monarchism 80%Monarchism supports a hereditary monarch as head of state, seeing the crown as a source of continuity, national unity and legitimacy that stands above party politics.
• Distributism 78%Distributism is an economic philosophy rooted in Catholic social teaching that wants property spread widely among families, small farms, artisans and cooperatives, rejecting both big capitalism and state socialism.
• Moderate Conservatism 76%Moderate conservatism values tradition, stability and markets but accepts gradual social change, the welfare state and international cooperation, preferring careful reform to sharp breaks.