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    Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears. In Western culture, depending on the particular nation, conservatives seek to promote a range of social institutions such as the nuclear family, organized religion, the military, property rights, monarchy, and parliamentary government. Conservatives tend to favor institutions and practices that guarantee stability and evolved gradually. Adherents of conservatism often oppose certain aspects of modernity (for example mass culture and secularism) and seek a return to traditional values, though different groups of conservatives may choose different traditional values to preserve.The first established use of the term in a political context originated in 1818 with François-René de Chateaubriand during the period of Bourbon Restoration that sought to roll back the policies of the French Revolution. Historically associated with right-wing politics, the term has since been used to describe a wide range of views. There is no single set of policies regarded as conservative because the meaning of conservatism depends on what is considered traditional in a given place and time. Conservative thought has varied considerably as it has adapted itself to existing traditions and national cultures. For example, some conservatives advocate for greater economic intervention, while others advocate for a more laissez faire free-market economic system. Thus, conservatives from different parts of the world—each upholding their respective traditions—may disagree on a wide range of issues. Edmund Burke, an 18th-century politician who opposed the French Revolution but supported the American Revolution, is credited as one of the main theorists of conservatism in the 1790s.

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    The numerical value of conservatives in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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    The numerical value of conservatives in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  1. Thomas Zimmer:

    Conservatives are acutely aware that they don't have numerical majorities for this project of basically turning the clock back to 1950s-style White Christian patriarchal dominance, this is important, I think, because of the specific political strategies that the Republican Party is committed to.

  2. Tim Bale:

    A lot of The Conservatives don't like the state funding of a media company, and The Conservatives think the The BBC crowds out sympathetic broadcasters, the whole anti-woke agenda to some extent is cover to move BBC from a license fee model to a subscriber-based one.

  3. Kim Crockett:

    If we don't win this one and expose what happened -- every cell in my body militates against the idea that America has become a place to cheat like this, i think the evidence is overwhelming, and if we don't fight and win some ground here, Republicans and conservatives, for example, in Minnesota will never win another statewide election, and the long-term possibility for Republicans to be able to win in other states and nationally gets narrower and narrower.

  4. Brad Parscale:

    Will Twitter also be stopping ads from biased liberal media outlets who will now run unchecked as they buy obvious political content meant to attack Republicans, this is yet another attempt to silence conservatives, since Twitter knows President Trump has the most sophisticated online program ever known.

  5. Ted Cruz:

    He ran a historic election -- built an army across the state of conservatives committed to changing the direction of this country.

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