Reply To: Conservatives vs Traditionalists. What are we?

[Anonymous]

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For me
Conservative means right liberal ie the belief in autonomy, the right for the individual to self determine, equality of opportunity and freedom to pursue economic advancement, ie free trade. And conservatives believe in universalism. That is that the above beliefs can apply to anyone, anywhere.

A traditionalist rejects universalism. He believes that he belongs to a particular people with particular customs and rules which do not apply to everyone. Thus a traditional Chinaman, African and Englishman will all look and act very differently but will be following their own particular customs.

So an Australian Traditionalist would believe in God and salvation through Jesus Christ. He would be loyal to the crown, have the blood of the British running through his veins, believe in strong traditional family values and practice the traditional cultural practices in music and sport.

While Australia was a homogeneous country, much of the right liberal conservative values correlated to traditional values but with multiculturalism and mass immigration, those days are gone. Which is why there is now the split.

So for those who want to remain right liberals, they should join the liberal party or Australian conservatives. While both have sensible economic policies, they don’t have any answers for the deeper issues of race and culture.

For me I look at the historical examples of Russia and Byzantium. The Russian people survived the USSR but the Byzantium Greeks in Constantinople did not. I don’t know if my people will survive multiculturalism, this is why I am a traditionalist.