Ok, no ones really answred my question yet.

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Originally posted by shaolin_Z The only understanding of conservatism I have is the traditional American one. I'm curious if the rest of the world models their conservatice philosophy around ours or not. Ofcourse every country may have its own flavor of it. That is not what I'm particularly interested in. Do they share the same basic principles? What are the differences? (I'm looking for some broad generalized desription here). Occrider, I'm guessing you're fairly familiar with this subject matter. Please enlightne me.

I'm not really sure how to broadly characterize conservatism around the world. I think it swings too much between the left and the right. I'm going to dump this one on wiki ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_conservatism

Specifically maybe this is what you're looking for:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politi...rious_countries

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I can only talk for Sweden really.

Conservatism here is quite similar. We only have one conservative party, which is also among the smallest in our parliament, "The Christian Democrats" (conservative here means somewhat "liberal" economic policies and strict social policies). The liberal parties in Sweden (3 of them), have similar economic policies, just that they also favor a more liberal social policies (less laws and regulations etc), they also more oppose "social engineering".

The conservatives here stands for:

Family values (more social care, more funding for families etc)
Christian values (only party in parliament to be against adoptions by homosexual couples, also only party that is anti gay marriage etc)
Deregulation (privitize, make it easier for companies to grow, etc)
Lower taxes

Etc.

It's similar except you are a lot worse It looks like our only truly conservative party will be out of parliament this fall though, which I only see as a good thing

Anyway, what is the different thing is what you call liberal and what we call liberal.

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Originally posted by shaolin_Z Ok, no ones really answred my question yet.

Since I'm not very well versed in European politics I can't give you a reliable, clear-cut explanation.

You might find some better info on Wikipedia, though - but then again, even their explanation seems to differ a bit from the actions we've seen as perpetrated by our alleged "conservatives" in the current administration.

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In the United States, many people who call themselves conservatives believe strongly in the Judeo-Christian social tradition and strict construction of the U.S. Constitution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_conservatism

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Originally posted by occrider I'm going to dump this one on wiki ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_conservatism Specifically maybe this is what you're looking for: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politi...rious_countries