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Originally Posted by Sethomas
Issue for issue, absolutely. But the general essence of a conservative is that things are best in a pre-existing state, whereas the liberal generally sees room for improvement in all places. Conservativism morphs into whatever society evolves to, whereas liberalism is more sporadic and multi-faceted. The right has much less diversity of opinion than does the left.
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Agreed on the first premise of your argument, on the "pre-existing state" matter. I disagree however that conservatism is lacking in diversity. Perhaps that is true today, but most political debate is dead today beyond 4 or 5 issues.