JoeB131
Diamond Member
You could, and you'd be wrong.
How many democracies were there in 1775? I'm going to guess not many.
Well, that's a misinterpretation. The United Kingdom at that point was a parliamentary democracy.
The US Constitution was ground breaking for its time. It was completely against keeping things the same, which is conservatism (coming from the world CONSERVE).
Conservatism would have been remaining British. There are no two ways around it.
I guess, if you want to be strict. But really, the definition of Conservatism today is "populist reactionary"