Title: Traditional Conservative Beliefs – RedState
Headings: Traditional Conservative Beliefs
Traditional Conservative Beliefs
Content: We believe in the Small, the Local, the Old and the Particular as opposed to the Big, the Global, the New and the Abstract. And so we are as suspicious of big business as we are of big government and believe small government and small business are much more efficient and therefore better for individual freedom as well as the economy. Traditionals believe in self-government: of taking care of oneself, one’s family, one’s property. But we also believe those who truly need help should get it. Both ideas are part of the Judeo-Christian ethic which has made this country the most generous in human history, as well as the wealthiest. We believe self-government must include government of the self: personal restraint and humility. We believe that includes good stewardship of the natural world to achieve a balance between the judicious use of natural resources and the ongoing replacement of those which can be renewed. Thus, we are conservationists, not environmentalists.