View source for Modern conservatism

'''Modern conservatism''' consists primarily of the following principles:

* [[pro-life]]
* pro-[[sovereignty]] (opposition to [[globalism]] and support for the [[Strategic Defense Initiative]])
* pro-[[parental rights]] (support of [[parent]]al control over school curriculum, and opposition to mandatory [[vaccination]])
* pro-[[homeschooling]]
* pro-alternatives to rule by the Establishment
* pro-[[Second Amendment]]
* pro-[[Christianity]] in the public square
* pro-[[traditional marriage]] (opposition to [[same-sex marriage|"same-sex" "marriage"]])
* pro-[[Constitution]] - (and anti-Con Con)
* pro-[[working class]]
* pro-[[patent]]s to create incentives and reward individual [[inventor]]s
* anti-[[Communist]]
* anti-[[feminist]]
* anti-[[immorality]]
* anti-judicial supremacy
* anti-[[illegal immigration]]
* anti-[[gambling]]
* anti-federalizing [[crime]]
* anti-politicized prosecutions

== Donald Trump ==
[[Donald Trump]]'s [[abstinence]] from [[alcohol]] is more conservative than [[Opposition to Donald Trump|Never-Trumpers]] acknowledge.  Trump's political positions are overall more conservative than any president in history.
== Ronald Reagan ==
Despite attempts by some to portray [[Ronald Reagan]] as a quintessential conservative, he was weak on several of the issues above, including his relative lack of pro-life nominations to the [[Supreme Court]], support for a form of [[gun control]] (in 1994 and 1986), acceptance of [[illegal immigration]] (1986 law), and criticism of [[term limits]] for president ([[22nd Amendment]]).  Also, his "[[free trade]]" policies were not helpful to the working class, and subsequent analysis of free trade shows that it caused huge [[unemployment|losses in American jobs]].<ref>http://www.epi.org/press/korus-cost-united-states-40000-jobs-korea/</ref>

== Barry Goldwater ==
[[Barry Goldwater]] was the last outsider to win the [[Republican]] nominee for president until Donald Trump in 2016. He gained the nomination as a first-time candidate, in 1964, based on large part to the runaway bestselling book ''A Choice Not an Echo''.  Though far more conservative than his [[liberal]] primary opponent, [[Nelson Rockefeller]], some of Goldwater's views did not exemplify the above list of conservative positions.

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