sooda
Veteran Member
A Conservative, or someone on the right, tends to favor time proven traditions. Conservation land is land that is preserved in its natural state. The major Religions, the nuclear family and the traditional roles of men and women are among those time proven traditions that are being conserved. These have been common to most humans for thousands of years.
Progressives are more faddish. They are not content with what has worked for centuries. Instead they prefer the latest fad, even if unproven.
Those on the right have a more confident sense of self, due to Conservative values having more data support, due to its longevity. Progressives tend to over compensate; loud and radial. This is needed to overcome the inner doubt connected to the smaller data support of novel and faddish beliefs.
The concept of fluid gender identity is less than ten years old. Whereas, male and female, period, is thousands of years old. It is easy to be confident in thousands of years of data, than a decade of data.
Big Government is more important for the left, since Big Government can be used like a hammer to force fads down everyone's throat, even if there is little in the way of long term data support. Small Government and freedom is more for those on the right, who have the benefit of long term common sense and data, that works today and tomorrow.
I always thought that conservative supported conservation and preservation of the eco system.. but that is no longer true.