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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Well, as far as I'm concerned it's more about what happened in the past to lead us to the present. That's why I took History alongside Political Science, to figure out what got us where we are, and what 'todays' political systems look like, and why.
The 'conservative' ideology as espoused by Jeremy Bentham in Britain (one of the father's of conservatism) looks nothing like American conservatism right now... a lot of it is a matter of definition.
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I disagree. The father of 'conservative' ideology, especially the Anglo-American ideology will always be Edmund Burke. This guy's influence, developed by Kirk Russel and others is still huge.
American political conservatism is different, I'd agree. Perverted by Wilsonian liberalism and the like.