Paternalistic Conservatism shortened to PatCon, alternatively Conservative Social Democracy shortened to Consocdem is an Economically Centre-Left, Culturally Centre-Right and usually statist ideology.
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History
In the United Kingdom
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 destinationOne-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.
In Germany
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.
WIP
Other countries
In 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 Party, and the secondary one favouring laissez-faire economics, as expressed by the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Konfederacja coalition.
In the United States paternalistic conservatives can be found in the factions of the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Republican Party, as well as in conservative factions of the Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Democratic Party such as the Blue Dogs.
Beliefs
Paternalistic Conservatism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Distributism, and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Longism are currently the three Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationAuthoritarian 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 destinationLongism favor heavily regulated and populist state capitalism while Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationDistributism favors guilds, co-ops, and family-owned enterprises. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationLongism is culturally moderate and while secular in its institutions, is influenced by the Bible. Patcon favors working with religious institutions when possible and Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationDistributism is based on Catholic social teaching.
Personality
PatCon will act a bit of a "conservative boomer" as compared to other Social-Democratic balls.
How to Draw
1. Draw a ball
2. Fill it Blue (#00b0ef)
3. Draw a white rose (#ffffff)
4. Add the eyes and you're done!
Relationships
Friends
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Christian Democracy - Christianity, based! Democracy, also based!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Distributism and 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 Eco-Conservatism - Nice going, you gotta protect our environment to preserve our culture. I'm an environmentalist myself too but I don't place as much emphasis on it as you.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Peronism - Based economics but too authoritarian.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservative Socialism - My less moderate brother. We both hate progressivism and Laissez Faire economics but wish he wouldn't identify as leftist.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Kemalism - We agree on most issues, like the economics and the nationalism but drop the progressivism, aside from that you're based.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Nordic Model - Great brother with great ideas!
Frenemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Democracy- Can you stop hanging out with Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destinationprogressivism, 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 Conservatism Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Based cultural views. I'm your key to winning the working class vote. Why must you pander to the rich minority while lying to the working class?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarian Conservatism - Libertarianism... really? How are you going to preserve culture through minimal state? Do you just expect the corporations to do it??
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination National Conservatism - Based but please become less economically right.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Social Liberalism - You're not even a Leftist and more economically centrist than Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination SocDem but you're more bearable than Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Liberalism, I'll give you that.
Enemies
- 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 privatisation 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!
Further Info
Books
- Sybil or The Two Nations by Benjamin Disraeli
- Coningsby or The New Generation by Benjamin Disraeli
Wikipedia Pages
- Paternalistic Conservatism
- One-Nation Conservatism
- State Socialism (Germany)
- Otto Von Bismarck
- Benjamin Disraeli
- Blue Labour
- Red Tory
- Law and Justice