Conservative Liberalism

Not to be confused with File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism or File:Conbertf.png Libertarian Conservatism.

"It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you’re going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons."

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Conservative Liberalism (ConLib) is an economically center-right to right-wing, civically liberal and culturally center-right to right-wing ideology which seeks to combine liberal values such as free markets, free trade, individual rights and freedom of speech with a more traditional and conservative stance on social and ethical matters. He takes influence from Classical Liberalism, although is slightly less radical and has a greater focus on positive liberty. Rather than being based on progressivism, ConLib's ideology combines liberalism with elements of classical philosophy (the common good, natural rights etc.), Christianity (natural law, social nature of man etc.) and ancient institutions (common law, social hierarchies etc.).

Some of the most notable figures within the Conservative Liberalism were philosophers like Edmund Burke and Alexis De Tocqueville who had believed in Classically Liberal ideas like free trade and conservative outlooks on fiscal, ethical and most social issues (occasionally reforming only when seen fit).

Conservative Liberals also carry Civically Nationalist views like free movement on immigration (but against open borders and illegal immigration).

Conservative Liberalism understands and acknowledges that classical and medieval politics cannot be restored in the modern world thus distancing itself from Reactionaryism.

Conservative Liberalism subscribes to ideas like a small welfare assistance to the lower earning brackets like the File:NIT.png Negative Income Tax and File:CharterSchool.png Charter Schools rather than a large welfare state as it could be seen as excessively bureaucratic and inefficient.

Conservative Liberalism & File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism

Despite the confusing distinction and similarities with File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism they differ in the sense that Liberal Conservatives tend to be a more moderate in most positions while Conservative Liberals are slightly more radical and some-less statist as they wish to preserve traditional moral values and culture while making reforms occasionally when seen fit, thus varying culturally center-right to right wing.

File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism according to scholar Andrew Vincent, the premise of liberal conservatism is "economics is prior to politics" while Conservative Liberalism is focused on politics believing in ordered liberty under traditional morality and classical-culture with moderate influences from religion alongside economic liberalism.

File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism is related to modern Liberalism (or sometimes even Neoliberalism) and Conservatism while Conservative Liberalism has its ideas attached to Classical Liberalism with a lot of influence coming from File:Tradcon.png Classical Conservatism being seen as a fusion of the two.

The places they have similarity is their origin and the goal they have both ideas are inspired by the philosopher Edmund Burke where they wanted to incorporate a free market in which people can participate and create wealth free from bureaucratic interference.

Variants

File:ConNeoLIb.png Conservative Neoliberalism

File:ConNeoLIb.png Conservative Neoliberalism is an economically center-right to right-wing, culturally right and liberal ideology that combines elements of Conservatism and Neoliberalism. Conservative Neoliberalism supports a Capitalist Economy with File:Globcap.png Economic Globalization and File:Monet.png monetarist regulation of monetary policy while emphasizing the importance of preserving tradition, cultural values, and the status quo. Although not always, in some cases this ideology can support some modern trends and values. Examples of this phenomenon include File:Thatcher.png Margaret Thatcher of the UK and File:Reagan.png Ronald Reagan of the US.

File:ConClassLib.png Conservative Classical Liberalism File:ConClib.png

File:ConClib.png Conservative Classical Liberalism is an economically center right to far right, moderately Libertarian-Right but Culturally Conservative ideology that combines Conservative values with Classical Liberal Economics. Many Conservative Classical Liberals emphasize limited government more than Orthodox Conservatives, so they're generally more okay with gay marriage, drug legalization, and abortion even if they don't agree with them morally. Notable examples of Conservative Classical Liberals are Ron & Rand Paul.

File:LiberalParty.png Australian Liberalism/LNPism File:LibNatCoa.png

W.I.P.

File:Church.png Churchillism

W.I.P.

File:Thatcher.png Thatcherism

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File:Thatcher-alt.png Margaret Thatcher was a British politician, Baroness, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She is known for her conservative political views, neoliberal economic reforms and strong leadership. Thatcher was nicknamed the "Iron Lady" for her determination and steadfastness in realizing her political goals.

File:Thatcher.png Thatcher was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979 and became the first woman to hold the office. Her reign, known as Thatcherism, was characterized by economic reforms aimed at deregulating the economy, privatizing state-owned enterprises, tightening fiscal policy, and cutting social spending. In addition, Thatcher's reign was marked by a number of difficult moments, including the suppression of a massive miners' strike following the closure of many mines, and an armed conflict with File:Argentina.png Argentina over the ownership of the File:Cball-Falklands.png Falkland Islands, which Britain won. Margaret Thatcher also played an important role on the international stage, establishing a trusting relationship with her like-minded US President File:Reagan.png Ronald Reagan and making important foreign policy decisions.

She resigned in 1990 following intra-party pressure, and she died in 2013, leaving behind a complex and controversial legacy in British politics. Margaret Thatcher's reign was contested and highly divisive in British society, particularly evident after her death.

Burkean Conservatism

Burke conceives the emotional and spiritual life of man as a harmony within the larger order of the universe. Natural impulse, that is, contains within itself self-restraint and self-criticism; the moral and spiritual life is continuous with it, generated from it and essentially sympathetic to it. It follows that society and state make possible the full realization of human potentiality, embody a common good, and represent a tacit or explicit agreement on norms and ends. The political community acts ideally as a unity.

This interpretation of nature and the natural order implies deep respect for the historical process and the usages and social achievements built up over time. Therefore, social change is not merely possible but also inevitable and desirable. But the scope and the role of thought operating as a reforming instrument on society as a whole is limited. It should act under the promptings of specific tensions or specific possibilities, in close union with the detailed process of change, rather than in large speculative schemes involving extensive interference with the stable, habitual life of society. Also, it ought not to place excessive emphasis on some ends at the expense of others; in particular, it should not give rein to a moral idealism (as in the French Revolution) that sets itself in radical opposition to the existing order. Such attempts cut across the natural processes of social development, initiating uncontrollable forces or provoking a dialectical reaction of excluded factors. Burke’s hope, in effect, is not a realization of particular ends, such as the “liberty” and “equality” of the French Revolution, but an intensification and reconciliation of the multifarious elements of the good life that community exists to forward.

In his own day, Burke’s writings on France were an important inspiration to German and French counterrevolutionary thought. His influence in England has been more diffuse, more balanced, and more durable. He stands as the original exponent of long-lived constitutional conventions, the idea of party, and the role of the member of Parliament as free representative, not delegate. More generally, his remains the most persuasive statement of certain inarticulate political and social principles long and widely held in England: the validity of status and hierarchy and the limited role of politics in the life of society.

Anti-atheism

Burke believed that religion played a crucial role in underpinning the moral and social fabric of society. He argued that religious faith and institutions provided a sense of order, virtue, and social cohesion that was essential for the stability of a nation. In his "Reflections on the Revolution in France," Burke wrote, "Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort." He saw religion as a unifying force that helped maintain social order and morality.

Critique of Radical Secularism: Burke was a strong critic of the radical and revolutionary ideas of the French Enlightenment, which often included attacks on established religious institutions. He believed that these Enlightenment ideals, which rejected tradition and religion in favor of abstract, rational principles, could lead to chaos and instability. He saw the Enlightenment's atheistic or secular tendencies as a threat to the established order and societal stability.

Value of Tradition: Burke's conservatism emphasized the importance of tradition, and religion was a key component of the traditional social order. He believed that traditions and institutions, including religious ones, had evolved over time and should be preserved and respected. Any attempt to disrupt or overthrow these traditions, including religious ones, was viewed with skepticism.

Opposition to slavery

Burke proposed a bill to ban slaveholders from being able to sit in the House of Commons, claiming they were a danger incompatible with traditional notions of British liberty. While Burke did believe that Africans were "barbaric" and needed to be "civilised" by Christianity, Gregory Collins argues that this was not an unusual attitude amongst abolitionists at the time. Furthermore, Burke seemed to believe that Christianity would provide a civilising benefit to any group of people, as he believed Christianity had "tamed" European civilisation and regarded Southern European peoples as equally savage and barbarous. Collins also suggests that Burke viewed the "uncivilised" behaviour of African slaves as being partially caused by slavery itself, as he believed that making someone a slave stripped them of any virtues and rendered them mentally deficient, regardless of race. Burke proposed a gradual program of emancipation called Sketch of a Negro Code, which Collins argues was quite detailed for the time. Collins concludes that Burke's "gradualist" position on the emancipation of slaves, while perhaps seeming ridiculous to some modern-day readers, was nonetheless sincere.

Constitutional Monarchism:

Burke supported constitutional monarchy, as it provided a stable form of government that balanced the power of the monarch with the authority of elected representatives. He argued for the value of tradition and stability in his "Reflections on the Revolution in France."

Stability and Continuity: Burke believed that constitutional monarchy provided a stable and continuous form of government. Monarchs were seen as symbols of tradition and continuity, which he considered vital for societal stability. He argued that the monarchy, when constrained by a constitution and balanced by other branches of government, served as a unifying force that could help maintain order.

The Role of Tradition: Burke's conservatism emphasized the value of tradition and gradual change. He believed that monarchy was an integral part of the historical and cultural tradition of a society. He saw tradition as a source of wisdom, and he was deeply skeptical of radical change and revolutionary upheaval. In his famous work, "Reflections on the Revolution in France," Burke warned against the dangers of overthrowing established institutions, including the monarchy.

Check on Despotic Tendencies: While Burke supported monarchy, he was not advocating for absolute or despotic rule. He saw constitutional monarchy as a system in which the power of the monarch was limited by a constitution and balanced by other institutions, such as a parliament or legislature. This allowed for a form of government that combined the stability of monarchy with the accountability of representative institutions.

Resistance to Abstract Theories: Burke was highly critical of abstract political theories and believed in the practical wisdom that could be derived from experience and tradition. He thought that constitutional monarchy, as it had evolved over time, represented a pragmatic and tested form of government, in contrast to the radical ideas of the French Revolution, which he saw as based on abstract and unproven theories.

Monarchy as a Source of Unity: Burke believed that monarchy had the potential to unify a nation, transcending divisive political and social interests. He saw the monarch as a figure who could symbolize the common good and provide a sense of national identity. This unity, in his view, was important for maintaining social cohesion and avoiding factionalism.

Protection of Individual Rights: Burke argued that constitutional monarchy, when properly balanced, could protect the rights and liberties of citizens. He believed that the king, bound by the constitution and the rule of law, could serve as a check against the arbitrary exercise of power by the government. In this sense, he saw the monarchy as a protector of individual rights.

File:Mesocon.png Pragerism

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File:Mesocon.png Pragerism is based on the thoughts of American political figure Dennis Prager. He was born in Brooklyn,New York, USA on August 2nd, 1948. He was raised in a modern File:JewTheo.png Orthodox Jewish home by his father Max along with his wife File:Mat.png Hilda. Prager also has an older brother who is a File:Scientocracy Small.png physician named Kenneth Prager. Dennis attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush in which he befriended a rabbi named Joseph Telushkin.

File:Mesocon.png Dennis Prager went to Brooklyn College, in which he graduated with a major in History along with File:PanArab.png Middle Eastern Studies; and over the next few years he took courses at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs at File:Nyc.png New York City along with the University of Leeds at West Yorkshire,England, UK. Then he left academia without finishing a graduate degree and he left Modern Orthodoxy but maintained many traditional Jewish practices and remained File:Religious.png religious. He holds an honorary Doctor of Laws from the Pepperdine University at File:LA.png Los Angeles, File:Cball-California.png California.

In 1969, while Dennis Prager was studying in England, UK, he was recruited by a Jewish group to travel to the File:Cball-USSR.png Soviet Union to interview Jewish people about their life there. When he returned the next year, he was in demand as a speaker on repression of Jews in the Soviet Union. He earned enough from lectures to travel, and visited around sixty countries. After that he became the national spokesman for the "Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry" (SSSJ), and at the start of his career overlapped with a growing tendency among American Jews who had been staunchly File:LibZion.png Liberal to move toward the center while some to the right that driven in part by the influx of Jews from the Soviet Union.

In 1975, Dennis Prager along with Joseph Telushkin published an introduction to Judaism intended for non-observant Jews called "The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism" which became a bestseller. Among the questions addressed in the text were "How does Judaism differ from Christianity, and can one doubt the existence of God and still be a good Jew, and how do you account for unethical but religious Jews?".

On November 2nd, 1976, Dennis Prager supported File:JimmyCarter.png Jimmy Carter in the 1976 US presidential election. From 1976 to 1983, he ran the File:Jewish Technocracy.png Brandeis-Bardin Institute of the American Jewish University (AJU) at Simi Valley while Joseph Telushkin worked with him. He said "It was Prager's first salaried job." Prager soon earned a reputation as a moral critic; attacking Secularism along with File:Narcissus.png Narcissism, both of which he said were destroying society. Some people called him a Jewish Billy Graham.

In 1982, KABC (AM) radio station hired Dennis Prager to host it's Sunday night religious talk show called "Religion On The Line" which got top ratings that eventually led to a weekday talk show. On June 1st, 1983, Prager & Joseph Telushkin published a book called "Why The Jews? The Reason For Anti-Semitism." According to a review in commentary, the book depicts Anti-Semitism as a sinister form of flattery; as the authors wrote that hatred of Jews arises from resentment over Jews and the acceptance of the doctrine that they are God's chosen people charged with bringing a moral message to the world. The book describes Jews as both a nation that has been stateless for a long time, and as being the followers of a religion. It says that this identity is essential to File:Judaism theocracy.png Judaism; as the book says that calls for Jews to culturally assimilate as well as opposition to Zionism are both forms of Anti-Semitism. The book describes File:JewishAtheism.png secular Jews as people who have lost their way, and who generally fall into the error of applying Judaism's mission to reform the world in ways that tend to be leftist, File:Totalitarian.png totalitarian & destructive. After the book had been published, Prager wrote a syndicated column for newspapers across the country.

In 1985, Dennis Prager launched his own quarterly journal called "Ultimate Issues", which was renamed to "The Prager Perspective" eleven years later. In 1986, he divorced his wife before undergoing a year of therapy, which the Encyclopedia of Judaism says contributed to his book "Happiness is a Serious Problem". In 1990, he wrote an essay called "Judaism, File:Gay.png Homosexuality and Civilization" that argued against normalizing homosexuality in the Jewish community. It placed sexual sins on a continuum from premarital File:Sexocracy.png sex, celibacy, adultery, homosexuality, bestiality & File:Incestism.png incest. He argued that confining sex to File:Straight.png heterosexual marriage desexualized religion, which was a great achievement of ancient Jewish tradition that was worth fighting to retain.

Dennis Prager remarried in 1992. According to the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, he was "A fixture on local radio and a Jewish St. George battling the forces of secularity on behalf of simple goodness." While generally File:SocialConservative.png socially conservative,Prager had some exceptions. He supported a woman's legal access to abortion although he said it was usually immoral, and he supported justified sex between non-married consenting men & women. He became involved with the Stephen S. Wise Temple to give talks there.

In 1993, Dennis Prager starred in a short comedy film directed by David Zucker called "For Goodness Sake". The film addressed everyday ethical issues of life. In 1996, Prager along with File:Elder.png Larry Elder starred in another short comedy film produced by Rich Markey called "For Goodness Sake II". The film pointed out that skill will naturally bring diversity. Even the future co-creators of South Park,Trey Parker & Matt Stone, were involved in this short film.

In 1994, Dennis Prager did an hour each weekday via satellite on a commercial radio station called WABC (AM) which was KABC's sister station in New York. During the 1994-1995 television season,Multimedia Entertainment syndicated a television show featuring Prager. He said he was "ambivalent about television as a medium for deep, intelligent programming but the show was an incredible opportunity to reach a mass audience with my belief system". He moved the studio audience on-stage with him where they could interact with him more directly.

In 1995, Dennis Prager urged File:Relzion.png conservative Jews to be open to working with conservative Christians like the Christian Coalition lead by Pat Robertson. He named Jacob Petuchowski, Eliezer Berkovits, Harold Kushner, C.S. Lewis, Richard John Neuhaus, Michael Novak & George Gilder as the people who had influenced his theology the most. Prager criticized the Illinois Supreme Court decision in the "Baby Richard Case", which removed a child from his adoptive parents. While in the KABC he held a "Rally For Baby Richard" which got support from actors Priscilla Presley, Tom Selleck & John McCook.

In 1996, Dennis Prager testified in Congress in favor of a bill called the Defense of Marriage Act. He testified that the acceptance of homosexuality as being equal to heterosexual marital love signifies the decline of western civilization. Prager worked with File:RepubUS.png Bob Dole's campaign in the 1996 US presidential election. When the polls prior to the election showed that the Dole campaign did not have much Jewish support, Prager said "This was because American Jews are ignorant regarding the Anti-Israel aspects of the current File:Demcr.png Democratic Party".

In 1999, Dennis Prager hosted a nationally syndicated talk show on the conservative Christian radio station KRLA in Los Angeles. In 2002, Prager was in a documentary film directed by Allen Estrin called "Israel In A Time Of Terror".

In 2006, Dennis Prager criticized File:ProgPop.png Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to Congress; for announcing that he would use the Quran for the reenactment of his swearing-in ceremony. Prager wrote "Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold it's values is concerned; America is interested in only one book, the File:Jesus.png Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress." In response, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch called for Prager to end his service on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.

In 2009, Dennis Prager joined other Salem Radio Network hosts to oppose the File:Obamium.png Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) On June 11th 2009, he along with radio producer and screenwriter File:MesoConF.png Allen Estrin started a website called Prager University (aka PragerU) which creates five-minute videos on various topics from a conservative perspective.The two who originally created this website considered making it a brick-&-mortar university, but the idea was revised into a digital product to save money and it became a File:YouTube.png YouTube channel.

On May 4th 2011, Dennis Prager starred in a documentary film directed by Paul Croshaw called "Baseball, Dennis & The French". It tells the story of a longtime liberal activist who; after years of listening to nationally renowned radio personality Dennis Prager, becomes a churchgoing conservative Christian.

In 2014, while same-sex marriage in the United States of America was in the process of being nationally legalized, Dennis Prager wrote "If that were to happen, then there is no plausible argument for denying polygamous relationships, or brothers and sisters, or parents and adult children, the right to marry." He also said that the heterosexual AIDS crisis was something entirely manufactured by the left.

On April 21st 2016, Joseph McCarthy of The Weather Channel (TWC) pointed out that fossil fuel proponent Alex Epstein promoted misinformation about climate change including false & misleading claims in a PragerU video called "Fossil Fuels: The Greenest Energy". In October 2016, PragerU claimed that YouTube had put 21 of its videos in the restricted mode setting, which ensures content is age appropriate. YouTube responded by saying "We aim to apply the same standards to everyone and we don’t censor anyone. Often it’s not the right approach to say that videos with the same topic should get the same rating. We’ll need to take into consideration what the intent of the video is, what the focus of the video is, what the surrounding metadata of the video explains." Dennis Prager endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election. He said "Trump was my 17th choice out of 17 candidates" but he clarified that he was now a Trump supporter as there is no choice now but to support Trump even though he had previously said that Trump was unfit to be a presidential candidate, let alone president. Conor Friedersdorf of The File:Libhawk.png Atlantic magazine criticized Prager for endorsing Trump In 2017, Dennis Prager was invited to be a guest conductor for the volunteer orchestra of Santa Monica, California as part of a fundraising concert at the File:Disney.png Walt Disney Concert Hall. Some of the orchestra members protested the invitation for what

they considered promoting bigotry, as the orchestra leader Guido Lamell had invited Prager because he admired him.

In October 2017, PragerU filed a federal lawsuit against YouTube's parent company File:Google, Google Images.png Google, claiming that 37 of its videos were unfairly demonetized or flagged so that they could only be viewed with "restricted mode filtering" which limits views based on viewer characteristics such as age. PragerU claimed that Google's demonetization and flagging violated the File:Consti.png First Amendment by arguing that YouTube was a public forum.

PragerU's videos have argued against a $15 minimum wage, against increased gun control & in support of capitalism. Topical PragerU videos largely avoided mentioning Donald Trump during his presidency.On February 6th, 2017, File:Rubin.png Dave Rubin starred in a video called "Why I Left The Left", stating that "File:Racism.png Racism, Bigotry, File:Xenophobia.png Xenophobia, Homophobia & File:Islamophobia.png Islamophobia are meaningless buzzwords." On October 26th, 2017, Michael Knowles starred in a video called "What Is the Alt-Right?" stating that "The Alt-Right have nothing in common with American conservatism. It is closer to leftism, except that the left is much larger." On December 4th, 2017, File:Souza.png Dinesh D'Souza starred in a video called "Is Fascism Right Or Left?" in which he stated that fascism was a left-wing ideology while he maintained that Italian philosopher File:Gentile.png Giovanni Gentile; who influenced Italian fascism, was a File:Red Fascism.png leftist. Paleoconservative scholar File:Gottfried.png Paul Gottfried criticized the video as he noted that this contradicted the research by almost all scholars of Gentile's work who view him as an intellectual of the File:Natpop.png Revolutionary Right.

In 2018, Dennis Prager published a commentary on the File:Moses.png Book of Exodus. A year later, this was followed by another commentary on the Book of Genesis. Both were published by the Salem Media Group.

During the same year, File:Libfem.png Buzzfeed News published an article that attributed PragerU's success to the quality of it's production values compared to similar outlets, with its use of popular presenters with established audiences. The article also noted that it had received comparatively little attention from news media analysts due to PragerU's lack of coverage of topical issues such as Donald Trump.

On May 14th, 2018, File:Murray.png Douglas Murray starred in a video called "The Suicide Of Europe", in which he argued that Europe is "committing suicide" by allowing mass immigration. The File:SouthernPovertyLawCenter.png Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) described the video as a dog whistle to the extreme right, while Mark Pitcavage of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) described it as "filled with anti-immigration and anti-Muslim rhetoric". On July 24, 2017, Vanderbilt University professor Carol Swain starred in a video called "Why Did The File:Dixiecrat.png Democratic South Become Republican?" The SPLC says that the video contains dog whistles, while history professor Kevin M. Kruse said that the video presented a "distortion of history, cherry-picked its evidence and was an exercise in attacking a straw man".

In 2019, File:Gravelism.png Mike Gravel, who was a former United States Senator from File:Cball-Alaska.png Alaska, launched The Gravel Institute; a progressive left-leaning think tank to counteract PragerU. An File:Progusa2.png American progressive magazine called Mother Jones said "PragerU videos assert that there is no gender pay gap and that there is not discrimination in policing of African-Americans." On June 13th, 2019, Dennis Prager created another YouTube channel called The Dennis Prager Show.

In August 2019, an article written by Drew Anderson from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) noted PragerU's ties to File:Whitesupmega.png white supremacy while also noting PragerU's "Horrific Anti-LGBTQ Record". An File:USLibertarians.png American libertarian monthly magazine called Reason criticized PragerU's claims of being censored by big tech companies for being false as the company's content had not been removed from any social media platforms; and that they indicate a misunderstanding of the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution as protecting a party from any type of censorship, when that law merely protects content from censorship by the government. Several news networks such as Climate Feedback (CF), Reuters & the Weather Channel (TWC) have found that PragerU's videos promote inaccurate misleading claims about climate change. PragerU's coverage of File:Covidism-icon.png COVID-19 has been criticized for spreading false misleading information about the pandemic. In October 25th 2019, Dennis Prager along with Adam Carolla starred in a documentary film called No Safe Spaces (2019).

As of January 2020, PragerU had about 50 employees at it's headquarters in San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. Marissa Streit is the CEO. PragerU encourages students to join an international student organisation called "PragerFORCE" to promote PragerU's videos with it's chosen ideology. About 6,500 college & high school students promoted its videos as of this year. PragerU is not an academic institution; as it does not hold classes, does not grant certifications or diplomas & is not accredited by any recognized body.

As of May 2020, PragerU releases one video per week on various topics from a conservative viewpoint that, according to its website, advances File:ChristZion.png Judeo-Christian values. Its YouTube channel includes 968 videos in which each video costs between $25,000 & $30,000 to create. PragerU guests cover a range from the File:AthCon.png Secular Right, the Far-Right, & the Theocratic Right and some prominent video presenters have included Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, File:Faragism.png Nigel Farage, Charles Krauthammer, File:Fuente.png Michelle Malkin, Bret Stephens & George Will.

In the fall of 2020, PragerU started fundraising for a program targeted towards kindergarten or school-aged children called "PragerU Resources for Educators and Parents" (PREP); and in April 2021 it released its first content. PragerU's school-age targeted content was later branded as "PragerU Kids".

How to Draw

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Flag of Conservative Liberalism (Feather)

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Flag of Conservative Liberalism (Stars)

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Flag of Conservative Liberalism (Hand)

1. Draw a ball
2. Make the ball white
3. Color the lower half of the ball with blue, making it an equal bicolor
4. Add one of the three alternative symbols:
   1. Draw a yellow liberalism symbol in the middle
   2. Draw a yellow feather in the center
   3. Draw three large yellow stars in the upper white bar
5. Add the eyes
6. (Optional) Add a top hat and monocle on the ball

You're done!

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Relationships

Friends

• Liberalism (Mainly in Central, Eastern and sometimes Western Europe) - You haven't forgotten about our liberal values we share, but you'll never be as cool as him. Nice try though.
• Conservatism (Mainly in the US and many other Western countries) - The fact you've gained many traits from me like the love for free speech, free market and individualism is very much based. Just be less statist and acknowledge the benefits of free trade.
• File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism (In Western Europe) - A modern liberal that I can talk to from time to time. Hopefully, he can see the light and join me. (Also, we're not the same!)
• File:Conbertf.png Libertarian Conservatism - My more anti-statist self.
• File:Paleolib.png Paleolibertarianism - Another based but more traditionalist libertarian.
• National Liberalism - Used to be opposed, but now often allies.
• Christian Democracy - Based religious brethren! Christian values are what make the West great.
• File:Conmon.png Constitutional Monarchism - Best form of government along with him.
• File:LiberMon.png Libertarian Monarchism - The best form of Monarchy, Hans Adam II is quite based.
• Civic Nationalism - Another good nationalist ally that emphasizes respect for rule of law and constitutional patriotism.
• File:Hayek.png Hayekism - Sir, you're my favorite economist from the Austrian School.
• Austrian School - File:Menger.png Menger, Böhm-Bawerk, Wieser, File:Mises.png Mises, File:FriedrichHayek.png Hayek, File:Rothbard.png Rothbard, Schiff and many more, such a great company of highly intelligent economists. Classical economics is still better.
• Eco-Conservatism - Based environmental ally who knows how to talk to socially conservative people to promote the preservation of our environment and natural resources by stating that conservation is a truly conservative idea.
• File:Orlib.png Ordo-Liberalism - German Neoliberalism is based.
• File:Feuillant.png Feuillantism and Girondism - The good guys in the French revolution! The first one is too authoritarian.
• Neoliberalism - The fact that some of you pretend to be socially progressive doesn't bother me much since we both love free trade and idolize Reagan and Thatcher.
• File:Neobert.png Neo-Libertarianism - Oh I like you, just don't tell File:Paleolib.png Him
• Avaritionism - I like murder. I like to kill people for fun. Sorry! You don't live on! Here is a fact: Dennis Prager should frighten you.

Frenemies

• File:Tradcon.png Classical Conservatism - Way too conservative, free markets and aristocratic democracy are essential.
• Classical Liberalism - Way too radical, we have to be careful and non violent.
• File:Libconserv3.png Liberal Conservatism (In Central and Eastern Europe, UK and The US) - It's strange that people confuse us, concentrate more on freedom rather than moderation and gaing votes, Nationalism isn't bad, y'know? At least we both like Truss.
• Anarcho-Conservatism - Government bureaucracy might be inefficient but I think you don't catch the irony of my work.
• National Conservatism - Usually a good ally of mine who emphasizes on national values, even though he's very statist and can get very fanatical. Please leave NatLib alone.
• Liberalism (Mainly in the US & Canada) - Oh dear... What happened to you and why have you stopped deriving ideas from him? At least there's still some good amount of influence left.
• Social Liberalism - Typical progressive welfarist, but at least still cares about free markets.
• File:Soccap.png Social Capitalism - Same as above but culturally neutral.
• File:Patcon.png Paternalistic Conservatism - Same again, however the conservatism is a great improvement. My economically center-right proponents like File:Church.png Churchill tend to support you. But some of your anti-capitalist types are my enemies.
• File:Onenatcon.png One-Nation Conservatism - British version of the above. You’re not too low socially, but definitely too wet economically.
• Paleoconservatism - Please be less statist and protectionist, will you? And I won't forgive Pat for libeling Churchill. Still, I'll let you appear on PragerU from time to time. Nick Fuentes and Taylor Greene are also too edgy and illiberal.
• File:Progconf.png Progressive Conservatism & File:Hcon.png Homoconservatism - I like you depending on how you define yourselves so long as you won't go far as them.
• Reactionary Liberalism - A more extreme version of both me and NatLib who likes to say some extremely questionable things. I sometimes wonder if he's even a liberal in the first place.
• File:Reactlib-icon.png Reactionary Libertarianism & File:Hoppef.png Hoppeanism - Way too extreme please stop going on crack.
• File:Rpop-tinfoilhat.png Right-Wing Populism - You do a good job at promoting my values, policies and my candidates and I appreciate the support and Winnie and Dennie are Based even though you say some utter nonsense sometimes. Don't want to be rude, but you should know when to shut up sometimes. Just sayin'.
• Alt-Lite - Same as RightPop, although more questionable. Just stay away from him and we'll be fine. That Jordan Peterson guy seems fine though.
• File:Hamiltonianism.png Hamiltonianism - Hamilton was okay, I guess.
• Monarchism - Just because I'm conservative, that doesn't mean necessarily that I like you! Be more like File:Conmon.png them and then we'll get along.
• File:Korwinism-Pikselart.png Korwinism - Look "friend", your support for conservative values, free markets, and to some extent civil liberties are based. But good lord, your reactionary, monarchist, anti-democratic stances and fanatical nationalism really creep me out.
• Peronism - Social fascism is cringe and so is being a Nazi sympathizer, but File:Menem.png Carlos Menem is based.
• File:EndecjaPix.png National Democracy - We have some differences sometimes as you're more ideological and also xenophobic, but those Rybarski, Koneczny and Heydel guys sound smart.
• Libertarianism - You're not really conservative (despite what some people say), but we both like economic liberalism and free speech.
• File:Obj.png Objectivism - You're not making any sense.
• File:Pinochet-hat.png Pinochetism & File:Fujimori.png Fujimorism - I don't like you but you were both a great bulwark against socialism in South America so you get a pass.
• Authoritarian Conservatism - Same as above. We get along well in Turkey and Thailand.
• Neoconservatism - You're culturally variable but spreading the free market abroad and killing commies is very based indeed. Don't mean to sound like File:Conbertf.png him but just stop wrecking our civil liberties and sacrificing democracy in the name of it and repeal the PATRIOT Act!
• Anti-Fascism - We worked together to beat some fascists in WW2, to my dismay you were later hijacked by the radical left.
• Orwellism - The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of ... history." -George Orwell. You showed us all that the reality is when socialism is establish- you consider yourself a socialist?

Enemies

• Anarchism - Anarchy is CHAOS!
• File:Philan.png Philosophical Anarchism - You do realize that I was making fun of you?
• Socialism - "If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists.” - File:FriedrichHayek.pngF. A. Hayek
• Authoritarian Socialism - You're no different from him.
• Democratic Socialism - Poppycock! Socialism always needs some form of Gestapo to implement.
• Conservative Socialism - Just because you hate the gays that doesn't make you one of us!
• Social Democracy - Statist heathen that hates free markets!
• Progressivism - You can't just label anything you dislike a reactionary!
• File:RevProg.png Revolutionary Progressivism - Maybe it's better if I stay quiet...
• Absolute Monarchism - Absolute tyrant!
• Fascism - A despot that tries to match monarchism, but fails miserably.
• Reactionaryism - Why on Earth would you want to return to medieval society?
• Reactionary Socialism - Wow... And I thought they were weird...
• State Liberalism - This is just File:Pinochet-hat.png economic Pinochetism fused with cultural Maoism.
• Alt-Right - Clean your room and touch some grass, your views are disturbing. Must be the internet rotting your brain.
• Ultranationalism - Basically xenophobia as an ideology, actually it suits you more.
• Nazism - Bloody racist psychopath! Churchill kicked your ass!
• File:Showa.png Showa Statism - Burma Railway never forget!
• File:WelfChauvin.png Welfare Chauvinism - Not only you're for welfare but also you would like to decide who gets it based on group identity.
• Maoism - You inspired the woke movement with your Cultural Revolution. Piss off.
• Corporatocracy - They exploit the free market for their own gain. Thanks for funding PragerU.
• Kleptocracy - These people are much worse than your everyday statists.
• File:Neomarx.png Neo-Marxism - Up yours, woke moralists! We’ll see who cancels who...
• Liberal Socialism - You will require at least some state to apply your ideas...
• Jacobinism - Madness!
• File:Radlib.png Radicalism - We used to be good friends, but you ended up supporting him during the Revolution in France, so our friendship ended.
• File:Chavismo-eyes.png Chavismo - LITERALLY VENEZUELA!
• Satirism - Because of your YTPs, no one takes PragerU seriously.
  • - File:Mesocon.png "I like murder. I like to kill people for fun. Here is a fact: Dennis Prager should frighten you."
• Ilminism - I will never forgive you for overthrowing Yun Posun!
• Apartheid - Thank God De Klerk betrayed you! And I will also never forgive you for beating Smuts and the DP was against you! But Thatcher preferred you over Mandela and I was literally a Proto version of you.
• File:Mutalist.png Mutualism - No-State, Statist economy concentrated on Social and Markets!?
• Marxism–Leninism - Winston planned to start D-Day in Greece but FDR wouldn't go for it and I also wanted an invasion on your stupid Union after WW2 but that would cause a Huge Cataclysm and would need The Occupied Nations aligning with Wehrmacht. I would still rather align with you than The Nazis.
• Anarcho-Nihilism - Talking yourself into irrelevance is not a profound critique of Being. It’s a cheap trick of the rational mind.

Gallery

Portraits

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• By File:Chcknwngsbll.png Chcknwngs
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Alternative designs

• Conservative Neoliberalism
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• Pragerball
  Pragerball

Comics and Artwork

• By File:Chcknwngsbll.png Chcknwngs
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• By u/Dr_Occo_Nobi
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Further information

Literature

• An Essay on the History of Civil Society by File:Enlightenment.png Adam Ferguson
• Essays, Moral, Political and Literary and On the Balance of Trade by File:DavidHume.png David Hume
• An Appeal from the New Whigs to the Old Whigs by Edmund Burke
• Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity by File:ThatcheriteMale.png Kwasi Kwarteng, File:Patel.png Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Chris Skidmore and File:Truss.png Elizabeth Truss
• Ten Years to Save the West by File:Truss.png Liz Truss
• Political Economy and Correspondence by Nassau Wiliam Senior
• On Democracy in America and Memoir on Pauperism by Alexis de Tocqueville
• On the Plurality of Civilisations by File:EndecjaPix.png Feliks Koneczny
• On Being Conservative and Selected Writings by File:Libconserv3.png Michael Oakeshott
• On Power, The Ethics of Redistribution, Pure Theory of Politics by File:Kraterlib.png Bertrand De Jouvenel
• Liberty or Equality: The Challenge of Our Time by File:LiberMon.png Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
• 12 Rules for Life by File:Petersonism.png Jordan Peterson
• Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by File:Petersonism.png Jordan Peterson
• Tocqueville, Burke and the Origins of Liberal-Conservatism by File:Demcr.png Sanford Lakoff
• Conservative liberalism: Hume, Smith, and Burke as policy liberals and polity conservatives by Daniel B. Klein
• The Opium of the Intellectuals by File:ModConlib.png Raymond Aron
• Liberalism Ancient and Modern by Leo Strauss
• Twenty-Four Conservative Liberal Thinkers Part I and II by File:Conbertf.png Hannes H. Gissurarson

YouTube

Channels

• Jordan B Peterson File:Petersonism.png
• PragerU File:Mesocon.png
• Whatifalthist

Videos

• The Leftward Drift by File:SFO.png ShortFatOtaku
• Liberalism's Great Flaw by File:SFO.png ShortFatOtaku
• Adam Smith was Conservative and attacked Progressives by El Picalibro
• Jordan B. Peterson Interview by File:Liberaltarianism.png Bill Maher
• Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism by Cathy Newman
• Jordan Peterson: “There was plenty of motivation to take me out. It just didn't work" by File:Radfem.png Helen Lewis
• "This Could Spark a Philosophical Revolution" | Synthesizing Jordan Peterson & Brett Weinstein by File:EnlightenedCentrism.png PF Jung
• Left or Liberal? by File:Mesocon.png PragerU
• Who Is Dennis Prager? by File:Mesocon.png PragerU
• A Study of Decadence by Whatifalthist

Wikipedia

• Conservative liberalism
• Doceañistas (Spanish)
• Peelite
• PragerU File:Mesocon.png

People

• File:Cball-Ireland.png Edmund Burke
• Nassau William Senior
• Michael Oakeshott File:Libconserv3.png
• Dennis Prager File:Mesocon.png
• Ronald Reagan File:Reagan.png
• Winston Churchill File:Church.png
• File:Cball-Scotland.png David Hume File:DavidHume.png
• File:Cball-Scotland.png Adam Ferguson File:Enlightenment.png
• Feliks Koneczny File:EndecjaPix.png
• File:Cball-Netherlands.png Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Alexis de Tocqueville
• Bertrand de Jouvenel File:Liberal Fascism.png
• File:Cball-Austria.png Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn File:LiberMon.png
• File:Cball-Canada.png Jordan Peterson File:Petersonism.png
• File:Cball-South Korea.png Yun Posun
• File:Cball-Australia.png Scott Morrison File:Scomo.png

Parties

• File:Cball-Australia.png Liberal Party of Australia File:LiberalParty.png
• File:Cball-Canada.png New Blue Party of Ontario
• File:Cball-Newz.png ACT New Zealand
• File:Polandball.png Real Politics Union File:Korwinism (UPR).png
• File:Cball-Switzerland.png FDP.The Liberals File:FDPi.png
• File:Cball-Denmark.png Venstre File:DenmarkLiberal.png
• File:Cball-Norway.png Progress Party File:ProgPartyNorway.png
• File:Cball-Netherlands.png JA21
• File:Cball-Netherlands.png People's Party for Freedom and Democracy File:VVD-icon.png
• File:Cball-South Africa.png Inkatha Freedom Party File:IFP.png
• File:Cball-South Korea.png People Party File:PeopleParty.png
• Liberal Conservative Reformers File:LKR.png