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In popular usage, reactionary refers to a strong traditionalist conservative political perspective of a person opposed to social, political, and economic change. [3] [4] Reactionary ideologies can be radical in the sense of political extremism in service to re-establishing past conditions.
Change: radical revolutionaries (who believe in rapid change in support of an ideology) vs. progressives (who believe in advancing change to the status quo) vs. liberals (who passively accept change) vs. conservatives (who believe in moderating change to preserve the status quo) vs. radical reactionaries (who believe in changing things to a ...
Fiscal conservatives since the 19th century have argued that debt is a device to corrupt politics; they argue that big spending ruins the morals of the people, and that a national debt creates a dangerous class of speculators. A political strategy employed by conservatives to achieve a smaller government is known as starve the beast.
One popular answer to this question, asserted by many American conservatives and liberals alike: that proper conservatives are devoted to "small government" or engaged in protecting "individual ...
Economic conservatives favor less government regulation, lower taxes and weaker labor unions while social conservatives focus on moral issues and neoconservatives focus on democracy worldwide. Conservatives generally distrust the United Nations and Europe and apart from the libertarian wing favor a strong military and give enthusiastic support ...
Social conservatives believe that society is built upon a fragile network of relationships which need to be upheld through duty, traditional values, and established institutions; and that the government has a role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or practices.
One of the country's foremost experts on religion warns that America may be at risk from religious reactionaries rejecting democracy in defense of their values.
California progressives don't like Gov. Newsom's order to clear homeless encampments. But the Democrat is working to right what Republican Ronald Reagan got wrong as governor.