Liberal Conservatism

"Not to be confused with Conservative Liberalism or  Libertarian Conservatism."

Liberal Conservatism, often shortened to LibCon is an economically centre-right to right, culturally moderate but generally right-leaning and usually centre to authoritarian-leaning on the lib-auth axis, ideology. Liberal conservatism incorporates the  Classical Liberal view of minimal government intervention in the economy, according to which individuals should be free to participate in the market and generate wealth without government interference. However, unlike most liberals, liberal conservatism emphasizes trying to conserve this worldview and views any attempts to challenge it as an existential threat. They are also unafraid to be called conservative, even if they're often more socially liberal on certain issues.

History
Historically, conservatism in the 18th and 19th centuries comprised a set of principles based on concern for established tradition, respect for authority, and religious values. This form of traditionalist or classical conservatism is often considered to be exemplified by the writings of Joseph de Maistre in the post-Enlightenment age. Contemporaneous liberalism, now recalled as classical liberalism, advocated both political freedom for individuals and a free market in the economic sphere. Ideas of this sort were promulgated by John Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, who are respectively remembered as the fathers of liberalism, including economic liberalism, the separation of church and state, social liberalism and utilitarianism.

According to scholar Andrew Vincent, the maxim of liberal conservatism is "economics is prior to politics". Others emphasize the openness of historical change and suspicion of tyrannical majorities behind the hailing of individual liberties and traditional virtues by authors such as Edmund Burke and Alexis de Tocqueville as the basis of current liberal conservatism which can be seen both in the works of Raymond Aron and Michael Oakeshott. However, there is general agreement that the original liberal conservatives were those who combined conservative social attitudes with an economically liberal outlook, adapting a previous aristocratic understanding of natural inequalities between men to the rule of meritocracy, without directly criticizing privileges of birth as long as individual liberties were guaranteed. Over time, the majority of conservatives in the Western world came to adopt free-market economic ideas as the Industrial Revolution progressed and the aristocracy lost its power, to the extent that such ideas are now generally considered as part of conservatism. Nonetheless, the term liberal is used in most countries to describe those with free-market economic views. This is the case in continental Europe, Australia, and Latin America.

[[File:Cball-US.png]] United States
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[[File:Cball-EU.png]] Europe
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[[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
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[[File:Cball-UK.png]] United Kingdom
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[[File:EurosolidarityUA.png]] Poroshenkoism
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[[File:Berlusconi.png]] Berlusconism
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[[File:KernesGepa.png]] Kernesism
Kernesism is the ideology of Gennadiy Kernes who was a mayor of Kharkiv from 2010 to 2020. It is corruptionary doctrine and  cronyistic, like many other  Party of Regions members. The party of Kernes was "Block of Kernes — Succesfull Kharkiv". Kharkivians think that he was a good mayor and is respected even after his death in December 2020 due to COVID complications. Howerer outside of Eastern Ukraine, he remains a controversial figure as he supported pro-Russian unrests following the Euromaidan.

[[File:Romney.png]] Romneyism
Romneyism is based on the political beliefs of Utah Senator and 2012  Republican Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. Romney describes himself as being a Moderate Republican. His first major position in politics was serving as Governor of Massachusetts, where he cut spending, increased fees, and closed corporate tax loopholes in order to bring about surpluses. Romney also signed into law the Massachusetts health care reform or "Romneycare" which aimed at providing health insurance to all Massachusetts residents and would ironically serve as a model for "Obamacare".

On social issues, he is quite conservative. Although he was pro-choice as governor, he later became  pro-life in 2005 as he became  culturally right, opposing abortion in all cases except for rape, incest, and to save the life of the mother. In addition to being pro-life, Romney also opposes pornography and  LGBT+ rights, although, by 2022, he began to moderate his stance on the LGBT+ community, voting in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires all states and territories to recognize the validity of same-sex marriages and civil unions while also protecting  religious freedom.

In 2012 Romney won the Republican nomination for President and faced incumbent President Barack Obama. Obama criticized Romney for calling Russia the number one geopolitical foe to The United States and for his proposed Medicare reforms. Obama ended up defeating Romney and served another term as President.

During the 2016 Presidential Election, Romney criticized Donald Trump calling him a phony and a fraud. In response, Trump called Romney a "choke artist". In 2018 Romney was elected to the Senate representing Utah, he became the most prominent  Anti-Trump Republican in the Senate voting to convict him in both his impeachment trials. Romney also marched alongside Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 and voted to confirm  Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court in 2022.

[[File:Cball-US.png]] Blue Dog Democratism [[File:Dem-BlueDog.png]]
Blue Dog Democrats are Moderate members of  The Democratic Party who caucus in The Blue Dog Coalition in the US House of Representatives. The Blue Dog Coalition was founded by a group of conservative Democrats in 1995 in response to the defeats in the 1994 midterm elections. Many of the founding members of the Blue Dog Coalition were Southern conservatives who were still members of the Democratic Party. The caucus advocated for Fiscal Conservatism, while being mostly moderate on social issues. They also advocated for bipartisan consensus with Republicans and acted as a check on legislation that was considered too far left or right. Today the Blue Dog Coalition retains it's fiscal conservative views but is more aligned with the rest of The Democratic Party on social issues. The caucus is also a lot more diverse not only in terms of ethnicity but also in terms of what states it's members represent. Blue Dogs have changed from a coalition of "southern white men" to "a multi-regional, multicultural group". One notable former member of the Blue Dog Coalition would be Senator Kyrsten Sinema of  Arizona.

Personality
LibCon's personality is that of a nerdy politician that is fiercely scared to lose voters (aka kinda boring, but not too boring). He tries to compromise with both liberals and conservatives by adopting some of their policies. They don't always backfire, however, both of these groups still hate him. Basically the combined personalities of George H.W. Bush, John McCain, John Kasich,  David Cameron,  Angela Merkel,  Mark Rutte and of course, God Emperor Mitt Romney. He may also act like Hank Hill from King of the Hill.

LibCon also really likes reading and money.

Others define him as "fiscally conservative, socially liberal" but the term "liberal" has been erroneously associated with the left nowadays (especially in the US), so he tries to associate himself with Classical Liberalism.

How to Draw
Libcon_flag.svg And You're Done!
 * 1) Draw a ball with Eyes
 * 2) Draw a Blue (top) and Red (bottom) bicolour
 * 3) Draw a white ball in the middle of the bicolour
 * 4) Draw four red lines on the white ball coming from the bottom left

Friends

 * [[File:Civnat.png]] Civic Nationalism - My nationalist counterpart. As long as they come here legally. Time to make that as difficult as possible.
 * [[File: Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - Besides that schism we caused in the Republican Party in the 2000s, we're alright. (Don't make me cut the military budget though).
 * [[File: Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - My last friend left that hasn't changed a bit. Love you, gramps!
 * [[File: Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - Though I don't like how woke you can be these days, I've still learned a lot from your economics. Reagan and Thatcher are my heroes!
 * [[File:Conlib.png]] Conservative Liberalism - My more conservative but less statist uncle! Basically a more radical version of me!
 * [[File:Rockrep.png]] Rockefeller Republicanism - RINO before it became mainstream. Thanks for the inspiration!
 * [[File:Fiscon.png]] Fiscal Conservatism - Slashing Budgets? Lowering Deficits? Pinch me, I must be dreaming!
 * [[File:Cdem.png]] Christian Democracy - In some countries we're almost the same thing.
 * [[File:Synclib.png]] Syncretic Liberalism - Some reasonable advocates of you in America seem to like me quite a lot, and you're very agreeable too.
 * [[File:Progconf.png]] Progressive Conservatism - You're pretty similar to me, but at the same time you're not... Eh, never mind. Thanks for the votes!
 * [[File:Onenatcon.png]] One-Nation Conservatism - My slightly more economically lefty UK counterpart. Disraeli was a hero!
 * [[File:3way.png]] Third Way [[File:Third_Way_-_alt.png]] - Thanks for welcoming me to your faction after most of us left when Trump started running. Sometimes based economics, Hilary was ok back in the day and we both aren't really that different. However, Obama's Environmental regulations and Obamacare were a weak decision.
 * [[File:Libcon.png]] Libertarian Conservatism - We're almost a match but he complains that I'm too statist, anti-cannabis and compromise with [[File: Necon.png]] Neoconservatism. Still, I like him and he's been a good middle during [[File:SleepyJoe.png]] The Neutered Communist Grandpa and [[File:Trumpism.png]] Far-Right Orange Maniac.
 * [[File:Neobert.png]] Neo-Libertarianism - Like the above but more interventionist, and therefore more close to me. Really a great match for me.
 * [[File: Globeball.png]] Globalism - Free trade is what makes the world prosperous!
 * [[File:Moder.png]] Moderatism - BORING GANG! (Please vote for me.)
 * [[File:Theodemocracy.png]] Theodemocracy - Thank you very much for voting for me!

Frenemies

 * [[File: Nalib.png]] National Liberalism - Fellow Right-Liberal, but he's way too nationalistic and somewhat racist for my tastes. But at least he's not like [[File:Reactlib.png]] that fool. I'm sorry you got ruined by them.
 * [[File: Lib.png]] Liberalism - Well I'm a liberal so I can at least expect you to be voting on my side- WAIT, WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR [[File: Soclib.png]] SOCLIB?!
 * [[File: Conservative.png]] Conservatism - We're both conservatives so I expect you to be voting for me- OH COME ON, WHY ARE YOU VOTING FOR [[File: Natcon.png]] NATCON?!
 * [[File:Dengf.png]] Dengism - I like to say that I hate you because of your authoritarianism but surprisingly many of my followers (Bush I, Merkel, Piñera, etc.) defend you for some reason.
 * [[File:Patcon.png]] Paternalistic Conservatism - Neutered socialist, but tolerable. I guess I'll incorporate some of their policies so I can get some votes.
 * [[File:Hcon.png]] LGBT Conservatism - Gay rights are needed for a functioning and successful society! Drop the "T" and we're fine, also depending on what's politically expedient I may say something about gay adoption, please vote for me anyway.
 * [[File:Tradcon.png]] Classical Conservatism - Waaaaay too traditionalist for my tastes.
 * [[File:Natcon.png]] National Conservatism - Not a fan of his fanatical conservatism and nationalism, but we have to work together. I'll also incorporate some of their policies so that mainstream conservatives will like them more and thus get some more votes woohoo.
 * [[File:Erdoğanism.png]] Erdoğanism - You used to be so cool in the 2000s. What happened to you?!
 * [[File:Altl.png]] Alt-Lite - You'd better grow out of this edgy phase before it's too late!
 * [[File:BoJo.png]] Borisism - Some of your views align with mine and I still like you over [[File:UKUKIP.png]] him, but your authoritarianism and euroscepticism rub me the wrong way...
 * [[File:Radcent.png]] Radical Centrism - Some pragmatism and compromise would be nice but something seems off with you...
 * [[File:Consocf.png]] Conservative Socialism - A lot of you are culturally moderate but socialism and defending regimes in The Third World make me feel iffy about your talents...

Enemies

 * [[File:Reactlib.png]] Reactionary Liberalism - Get help, seriously. I don't know what's so liberal about you in the first place.
 * [[File:Progress.png]] Progressivism - I wouldn't mind you if you weren't so collectivist, woke and symathetic to socialists.
 * [[File:Statlib.png]] State Liberalism - THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT THE WOKE WANT (based economic thought).
 * [[File: Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism - Neutered [[File:Soc.png]] Socialism
 * [[File:Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - Actual neutered socialism and my main rival in most countries.
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Liberal Socialism - You are not a Liberal, man.
 * [[File:Lpop.png]] Left-Wing Populism - "U sUpPoRt tHe GaY bUt HaTe ThE pOoR" Yeah whatever.
 * [[File:Rpop-tinfoilhat.png]] Right-Wing Populism - A real conservative would be part of the Never Trump movement! Dammit, two failed impeachment trials... Also stop calling me a "cuckservative". Poroshenko and BoJo are somehow both of us.
 * [[File:Altr.png]] Alt-Right - Get lost, you wannabe Nazi!
 * [[File:Nazi.png]] National Socialism - You are an insult to right-wingers everywhere, and I'm not saying this because I'm a "libtard"!
 * [[File:Dsa.png]] Democratic Socialism - Bernout who said that I "simp" for votes, at least I get them unlike you lol.
 * [[File:Soc.png]] Socialism and [[File:Synd.png]] Syndicalism - Union crushing time!
 * [[File:Ancom.png]] Anarcho-Communism - You guys are so naive...
 * [[File: Mao.png]] Maoism - The Cultural Revolution was a massive evidence-based failure that destroyed valuable Chinese culture. #NeverForget.
 * [[File:Plcn2.png]] Paleoconservatism - I don't care I may like your pro-western speeches and we both like Ike, you're the fake conservative, Grandpa!
 * [[File:SleepyJoe.png]] Bidenism - No better than Trump, Your strong Welfarism and Protectionism were the reasons I lost all my hopes for you.
 * [[File:Nazcap-Hat.png]] National Capitalism - This is the future of The Republican Party without me! Stay away from me!
 * [[File:WelfChauvin.png]] Welfare Chauvinism - Get a life, literally my opposite. Marine Le Pen is still better than her Daddy.
 * [[File:React.png]] Reactionarism - Returning to the Middle Ages?!? What?!? You are insane!

Wikipedia

 * Liberal Conservatism
 * Compassionate conservatism

Political Parties

 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Organizations and movements within the [[File:RepubUS.png]] Republican Party:
 * Republican In Name Only
 * Never Trump movement
 * Republican Governance Group (aka Tuesday Group)
 * [[File:Rockrep.png]] Rockefeller Republicans
 * Organizations and movements within the [[File:Demcr.png]] Democratic Party
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Blue Dog Coalition [[File:Dem-BlueDog.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Organizations and movements within the [[File:Con-t.png]] Conservative Party:
 * One Nation Conservatives
 * Bright Blue
 * [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] National Renewal
 * [[File:Cball-Czechia.png]] SPOLU [[File:SPOLU.png]]
 * [[File:Klausism.png]] Civic Democratic Party
 * TOP 09
 * [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] CREO
 * [[File:Cball-EU.png]] European People's Party [[File:EPP.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-France.png]] The Republicans [[File:Le republic.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Christian Democratic Union of Germany [[File:CDU Party.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] Fine Gael [[File:FineGael.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Forza Italia [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Democrats
 * [[File:Argentina.png]] Republican Proposal [[File:Macri.png]]
 * [[File:PLB-Liechtenstein.png]] Patriotic Union
 * [[File:Cball-Norway.png]] Conservative Party [[File:Hoyre.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Netherlands.png]] People's Party for Freedom and Democracy [[File:VVD-icon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] National League for Democracy [[File:AungSanSuuKyi.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Newz.png]] National Party [[File:NationalNZ-icon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] National Liberal Party [[File:RomaniaPNL.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Greece.png]] New Democracy [[File:GreeceND.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] People's Party [[File:SpaPP.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Moderate Party [[File:ModPartyicon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] European Solidarity [[File:Poroshenko.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Uruguay.png]] National Party
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] National Action Party
 * [[File:Cball-Venezuela.png]] Project Venezuela
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Civic Platform
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Everybody's Hungary Movement
 * [[File:Cball-ElSalvador.png]] Grand Alliance for National Unity
 * [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Agreement [[File:Agreement.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Morocco.png]] Constitutional Union
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Democrat Party
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Motherland Party [[File:ANAVATAN.png]]

People

 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Dwight D. Eisenhower [[File:Ike.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Caitlyn Jenner
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] John Kasich
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Larry Hogan
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] John McCain
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] George H.W Bush [[File:GHWB.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Jeb Bush
 * [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Carl Bildt
 * [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Angela Merkel [[File:Merkelism.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] David Cameron [[File:Cameronism.png]]
 * [[File:Cameronism.png]] Political positions of David Cameron
 * [[File:Cball-US.png]] Mitt Romney [[File:Romney.png]]
 * Political positions of Mitt Romney
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Silvio Berlusconi [[File:Berlusconi.png]]
 * [[File:Berlusconi.png]] Berlusconism
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Theresa May [[File:OneNatFem.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] John Major [[File:JohnMajor.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Denmark.png]] Anders Fogh Rasmussen [[File:AndersFoghRasmussen.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Taiwan.png]] Ma Ying-jeou [[File:3princ.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] George Osborne
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Matt Hancock
 * [[File:Cball-UK.png]] Amber Rudd
 * [[File:Cball-Canada.png]] Erin O'Toole
 * [[File:Cball-Netherlands.png]] Mark Rutte [[File:VVD-icon.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-France.png]] Nicolas Sarkozy [[File:Le republic.png]]
 * [[File:Le republic.png]] Sarkozysm
 * [[File:Cball-Myanmar.png]] Aung San Suu Kyi
 * [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Dmitry Medvedev [[File:Medvedev.png]]
 * [[File:CBall-Mexico.png]] Felipe Calderón
 * [[File:Cball-Ireland.png]] Leo Varadkar [[File:FineGael.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] Pablo Casado [[File:SpaPP.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Norway.png]] Erna Solberg
 * [[File:Cball-Romania.png]] Klaus Iohannis
 * [[File:Cball-Greece.png]] Kyriakos Mitsotakis
 * [[File:Cball-Chile.png]] Sebastián Piñera [[File:SebastianPiñera.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Argentina.png]] Mauricio Macri [[File:Macri.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ecuador.png]] Guillermo Lasso
 * [[File:Cball-Uruguay.png]] Luis Lacalle Pou
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto
 * [[File:Cball-Hungary.png]] Péter Márki-Zay
 * [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Jarosław Gowin [[File:Agreement.png]]
 * [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Gennadiy Kernes [[File:KernesGepa.png]]
 * [[File:Ottoman.png]] Turgut Özal [[File:ANAVATAN.png]]

Online Communities

 * r/Liberal_Conservatives
 * r/Tuesday
 * r/Romney

Literature

 * Tory Party manifestos under David Cameron and Theresa May's Leaderships
 * No Apology By Mitt Romney
 * It's Up To Us by Josh Kaich
 * For the Record by David Cameron
 * Liberal Conservatism, not Conservative liberalism by Peter Augustine Lawler
 * Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative by Francis Elliot and James Hanning
 * Speaking of freedom: The collected speeches by George H.W Bush
 * A World Transformed by George H.W Bush

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