Here's a terrific post on conservatism:
One of the most important lessons from evolution, a theory held in much respect by certain people (including myself), is that nature will tend towards survival over death, and go about ways of preserving themselves. When change comes it is most often gradual, unless a cataclysmic event intervenes.
Upheaval, revolt, anarchy, all these states of change are considerably more risky than the certainty of stasis.
And yet, this response does a severe injustice to Conservatism, because it infers that all progress is by default, Liberal in nature.
The old, "Conservatism is stuck, whilst Liberalism marches forward" theory.
This is the idea that allows political progressives to debase any proposal that doesn't emanate from the well-spring of their philosophy.
It becomes a challenge, even an affront that positive change is happening without they leading the charge.
In short, for such people, progress is inconceivable without progressives.
And this is wrong. ...
Read it all at the link.
