Title: Traditional Conservative Beliefs – RedState
Headings: Traditional Conservative Beliefs
Traditional Conservative Beliefs
Content: We believe that private property is the bedrock of a free society. Among other things, ownership teaches responsibility, encourages integrity, raises work to a level higher than drudgery, and allows us to rise from poverty to security. We believe in Capitalism, the only economic system ever devised which democratizes wealth. But we also prefer a “distributist” (small business) approach to capitalism. And we believe with our Founding Fathers that the true purpose of wealth is the spiritual and intellectual improvement of the individual. Traditionals agree with President Ronald Reagan that America should be the “shining city on a hill,” but we see our nation as an example for others to emulate and aspire to, not as an instrument for spreading democracy. We realize certain cultural and institutional conditions are necessary for our form of government to take root, conditions which simply do not exist in most countries. Traditionals believe in American sovereignty and secure American borders and that American troops should be used to protect America. We believe Republics should mind their own business; that their citizens and government have more than enough to do to take care of them selves.