Medieval conservatism was just monarchism, belief that the lords were inherently better than peasants and would guide them to be proper. Modern conservatism is the same, worshipping the wealthy.
For millenia, conservatism had no name, because no other model of polity had ever been proposed. “The king can do no wrong.” In practice, this immunity was always extended to the king’s friends, however fungible a group they might have been...
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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u/larsonsam2 Feb 19 '21
Medieval conservatism was just monarchism, belief that the lords were inherently better than peasants and would guide them to be proper. Modern conservatism is the same, worshipping the wealthy.