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Traditional Conservatives

Friday, 15 May 2026

Human NatureSocietyStateEconomy
Sceptical and modestCreated organically and cannot be plannedFocus on importance of the nationReluctant supporters of capitalism
’crooked timber of humanity’Private propertyLittle platoons - provide securitySupport Keynesian economics
Human imperfectionRespects traditionOrigins are organicWary of dynamism of free market - creating social inequality = outraging the working class
Rejection of human reasonNoblesse obligeStates precedes society
Empirical - Oakeshott ‘stay afloat’Aristocratic hierarchy - come with a paternalistic dutyMain goal is to provide order and authority