Paleoconservatism on the 12 Axes

Paleoconservatism emerged in the United States in the 1980s as a reaction against the rise of Neoconservatism within the Republican coalition. Writers such as Pat Buchanan, Samuel Francis, Paul Gottfried and the magazine Chronicles drew on older traditions: the Old Right that opposed the New Deal and entry into the World Wars, Southern agrarianism and Christian traditionalism. Paleoconservatives want strong local and state government, a decentralized federal system, firm limits on immigration and tariffs to protect domestic industry. They oppose wars abroad and nation-building. Compared with Conservatism, it is more nationalist, more protectionist and far less interventionist. Compared with Neoconservatism, it rejects spreading democracy by force. Compared with Reactionarism, it usually works within constitutional, elected government.

• Distributism 74%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.
• Right-Wing Populism 71%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.
• Reactionarism 68%Reactionarism seeks to reverse modern political and social changes and restore an earlier order, often with hierarchy, religion and inherited authority in place of democracy.
• Conservatism 68%Conservatism seeks to preserve traditional institutions, religion, family and national identity, supporting markets, strong defense and public order while resisting rapid social change.