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Masanori Takaoka Posted 10 years ago
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conservatism
What does "middle-class conservatism" mean?
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Hi Political 'conservatism', in UK English, can mean various things. Upper class conservatism can mean that people who are, at the moment, rich and privileged, would like things to stay that way Lower class conservatism tends, in my view, to be associated with prejudice Middle class conservatism is somewhere between those two: it might mean people who have some money; but they are jealous of those who are richer; and they think badly of those who are poorer than them Dave
- Hi Political 'conservatism', in UK English, can mean various things.
- Upper class conservatism can mean that people who are, at the moment, rich and privileged, would like things to stay that way Lower class conservatism tends, in my view, to be associated with prejudice Middle class conservatism is somewhere between those two: it might mean people who have some money; but they are jealous of those who are richer; and they think badly of those who are poorer than them Dave
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Hi
Political 'conservatism', in UK English, can mean various things. Upper class conservatism can mean that people who are, at the moment, rich and privileged, would like things to stay that way
Lower class conservatism tends, in my view, to be associated with prejudice
Middle class conservatism is somewhere between those two: it might mean people who have some money; b
Political 'conservatism', in UK English, can mean various things. Upper class conservatism can mean that people who are, at the moment, rich and privileged, would like things to stay that way
Lower class conservatism tends, in my view, to be associated with prejudice
Middle class conservatism is somewhere between those two: it might mean people who have some money; b
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It can also mean simply that it is not extreme conservatism; it is measured conservatism.
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Masanori Takaoka What does "middle-class conservatism" mean?I take it to mean political conservatism as it is typically found and practiced in the middle class. If the phrase is used in contrast to upper-class conservatism, I would take it to mean something less theoretical and more practical, for example, less concerned with issues like the national deficit
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