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I can't think of one positive thing conservativism has given to the world. Without liberal ideology, there would be no democracy, capitalism, Magna Carta, scientific discovery, and there would still be serfs and slavery. From the 1500s to the 1800s, when liberal thinkers were starting to fight against aristocratic societies, the conservatives of the day were to monarchists and loyalists who fought to maintain the status quo. They were the religious zealots who tried to block science and maintain an elitist society. If conservatives would have won, we would have none of the things we hold dear today.

Granted, most of today’s ordinary (ie. Not the “neo” variety) conservatives would be considered liberals back in the renaissance, but conservatism by its very nature is to resist change and hold onto power, so the effect today is the same. It’s all relative to the society of the day.