Paternalistic Conservatism shortened to PatCon is a political ideology which combines economically centre-left policies, usually reminiscent of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationsocial democracy but not usually based on social democracy with a centre-right to right-wing socio-cultural policy based on Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationconservatism. It is reminiscent to old European Conservatism, which usually advocated for more state intervention, regulation and support of the welfare state. Before they started to embrace Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Neoliberal economics in the 80s, after the rise of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Margaret Thatcher.
History
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Paternalistic Conservatism originally stems from the United Kingdom in the 1840's from the works of Benjamin Disraeli and from the wider Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination One-Nation Conservative movement, although who did not gain significant power until the 1870's. Disraeli's terms in office can be said to be the Britain's first real shift away from laissez-faire economics and it's modern welfare system.
Another major moment in the history of British paternalistic conservatism is the post-war consensus between the Labour and Conservative Parties, which was an agreement between the both parties to both support Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Keynesian economic policies and the welfare state.
Blue Labour is a faction inside of the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Labour Party which promotes Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination conservative values on social issues. It is critical of the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination neoliberal economics the party had pursued under Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Tony Blair, while being influenced by Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Guild Socialism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Corporatism. It has only had a small influence in the party, but some of it's ideas were adopted under the leadership of Ed Miliband, most infamously their stance against immigration.
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since July 2019 and a one-nation tory has rapidly increased government spending during the COVID-19 epidemic. According to the journalist Robert Peston the year 2020 in the U.K. was 'a whole year of an economy more socialised than at any point in British history.'[2]
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In Germany, the paternalistic conservative movement primarily stems from the policies of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Otto von Bismarck as the chancellor of the German Empire, mostly in the 1880's. These being insurance-based welfare systems outlined in Health Insurance, Accident Insurance, Old age and disability insurance, Worker's protection and Children's Protection acts of 1883, 1884, 1889, 1891 and 1903 respectively.
In the May of 1863, back when Bismarck was the Prime Minister of Prussia sent a letter to the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination social democrat Ferdinand Lassalle which started a series of political meetings between the two.[3]
Other countries
In Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Poland there's a strong divide between conservative view of economic policy, both of them being generally based on an opposition to Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination communism of the previous PRL era. The primary of those while favouring a somewhat capitalistic economy that is very strongly controlled by the state, expressed by the Law and Justice PartyError creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination, and the secondary one favoring laissez-faire economics, as expressed by the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Konfederacja coalition.
In other Eastern European countries, such as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Bulgaria and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Romania, the major social democratic parties tend to incorporate social conservative and moderate nationalist/patriotic views into their platforms, and can as such be viewed as a form of paternalistic conservatism or conservative social democracy.
In the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination United States, Paternalistic Conservatives can be found in the factions of the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Republican Party, two prominent examples being Senator Josh Hawley and Fox News host Tucker Carlson, as well as West Virginia governor Jim Justice.
In the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Nordic Countries, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Right-Wing Populist parties such as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Sweden Democrats, Finns Party and Danish People's Party all strongly support the welfare state and centre-left socio-economics while advocating conservative and highly nationalist social views. They believe welfare benefits should only be restricted to indigenous citizens, which observers refer to as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination "Welfare Chauvinism".
Beliefs
Paternalistic Conservatism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Longism are currently the two Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Authoritarian Left ideologies that do not identify as Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Socialist of any kind and should be portrayed being irritated when they are called that, their beliefs meant to provide an alternative to socialism with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Populist economics. Paternalistic Conservatism and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Longism both favor moderately regulated (government intervention when necessary) and populist market capitalism with a moderate to strong welfare state similar to the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Nordic Model. Culturally, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Longism is moderate and while secular in its institutions, is influenced by the Bible while Paternalistic Conservatism favors working with religious institutions when possible. Although Paternalistic Conservatism is in favor of intervention in the economy when necessary it is not in favor of a command economy.
Personality
PatCon will act a bit of a "conservative boomer" as compared to other Social-Democratic balls and emphasizes on acting proper and hard-working.
Ironically he calls his twin brother socdem a boomer because of how boomers created the hippies. He does the same for conservative leaning neoliberals.
How to Draw
- Draw a ball
- Fill it Blue
- Draw a white rose
- Add the eyes and you're done!
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| Blue | #00B0EF | 0, 176, 239 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
Relationships
Friends
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Classical Conservatism - I am an outgrowth of you. Defend the little platoons!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination One-Nation Conservatism - You take a lot of my ideas!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Christian Democracy - My best friend! Christianity, based! Democracy, also based!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Bismarckism - He's a good friend of mine we learned a lot from each other
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservatism Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Based cultural views. I'm your key to winning the working class vote. Focus on the values of the working class and we can reconcile.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Longism - Fellow AuthLeft non-socialist. I'll say it again, we're not socialists!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Nordic Model - Great brother with great ideas!.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Corporatism - One of his great ideas.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservative Liberalism - Aside from our differences in economics we are cool.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Progressive Conservatism - We carry a lot in common but you are quite broad so I ain't too sure. You're ok I guess.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservative Socialism - My more extreme brother. We both dislike Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Progressivism but I wish he would relax a little bit economically.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination National Conservatism - Based!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Ordo-Liberalism - A libtard who likes order and his Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination economic system is quite based! Definitely has my respect.
Frenemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarian Conservatism - Libertarianism... really? How are you going to preserve culture through minimal state and a hyper-individualist economy?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Paleoconservatism - My American counterpart, though definitely more capitalist than me. Don't really have a strong opinion on them, but that Tucker Carlson guy seems based atleast.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Democracy - Based economic views but can you stop hanging out with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Progressivism Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination, please?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Capitalism - I like your markets and competition stuff but for the love of god, follow my regulations and pay your taxes!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Liberalism - A more moderate version of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination SocDem.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Dengism - A decent form of communism but much too authoritarian and Marxist for my liking. Aiming to become a socialist country by 2050? Damn, unbased.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Trumpism - Early in your campaign you promised cheaper healthcare and decent economic protections. Why didn't you follow up on that?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Welfare Chauvinism - The more modern, nationalist equivalent to me. You take things to the extreme. But you are ok. I guess....
Enemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Progressivism - Yeah I don't like you or your performative activism hippie!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Neoliberalism - I remember back when I was the dominant ideology in the Tory Party, until you came in with all your privatization, ruining the postwar dream! I hate how you took over right-wing politics in the late twentieth century!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Pink Capitalism - Progressivism and unfettered capitalism, my two least favorite things.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Marxism–Leninism - Bloody Tankie! I agree that some aspects of capitalism are degenerate but communism is an absolute abomination!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Maoism - Are you not just Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Tankie again?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Neoconservatism - Your entire ideology is spending taxes on wars? What exactly are you conserving? And who pays for it?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Juche - You take things waaaay too far.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination National Socialism - NO. JUST NO.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarianism - I AM NOT A SOCIALIST!!
Further Information
Literature
- Sybil or The Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli
- Coningsby or The New Generation by Benjamin Disraeli
- What's Socialist about State Ownership? Beats Me by Peter Hitchens
- The Industrial Charter: A Statement of Conservative Industrial Policy by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office
Wikipedia
Parties
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- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationDanish People's Party
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationNordic Freedom
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Katter's Australian Party
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination New Zealand First
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Democratic Party
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Shas
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Aontú
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Christian Union
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Democratic Party UK
Videos
- TBA
Online Communities
Citations
- ↑ Buenos Aires Journal; Carlos, Carlos, How Does Your Economy Sink? by Shirley Christian: 'Peron, founder of the Justicialist Party, installed a sort of right-wing socialism in Argentina during his first period in the presidency, beginning in 1946. It combined generous Government welfare programs and a large economic role for the state with religious conservatism and respect for private property.'
- ↑ Can Boris Johnson Nationalise the Economy only for a Year?
- ↑ A Primrose Path, A Life of Ferdinand Lassalle, p. 175 by David Footman
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