Paleoconservatism
American traditionalist right, of Buchanan and Kirk, defending Christian heritage, localism and states' rights, immigration restriction, protectionism and non-interventionism, against neoconservatives and the managerial state.
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American traditionalist right, of Buchanan and Kirk, defending Christian heritage, localism and states' rights, immigration restriction, protectionism and non-interventionism, against neoconservatives and the managerial state.
In one sentence
I want a Christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire.
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Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire”. This clause must be read for which central institutions it retains or rejects; opposition to a state or party is not endorsement of centralized territorial power.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire”. The clause specifies a stance toward political authorization; an absent or rejected franchise, parliament or party is not evidence that the model endorses that institution.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “defending Christian heritage, localism and states' rights, immigration restriction, protectionism and non-interventionism, against neoconservatives and the managerial state”. The target of restraint or opposition matters: rejecting hierarchy or compulsion is different from endorsing security-oriented control.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire”. The statement distinguishes membership and exclusion; rejecting the community's own assimilation is different from requiring minorities to assimilate.


Our Paleoconservatism model centers on christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire. That core does not specify the political role of organized armed force and acceptance of war. Domestic coercion, economic state intervention and national pride do not by themselves establish militarism or pacifism.

Noninterventionism and rejection of wars for empire are explicit in the definition. Christian heritage, protectionism and local autonomy are separate tenets rather than the grounds for inferring foreign restraint.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire”. The ownership that is retained or rejected matters; opposition to private property, monopoly or state ownership must not be read as endorsement of that institution.


Our Paleoconservatism model centers on christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire. That core does not specify how production and allocation are coordinated through plans or decentralized exchange. Public ownership can coexist with markets, and private firms can operate under directed planning.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire”. The scope of the accepted or rejected exchange matters; opposition to globalism or foreign dependence is different from rejection of every form of trade.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “defending Christian heritage, localism and states' rights, immigration restriction, protectionism and non-interventionism, against neoconservatives and the managerial state”. The role that religion is assigned or denied in public rules matters; rejection of faith or clergy is not evidence of religious governance, and spiritual identity alone does not establish it.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “american traditionalist right, of Buchanan and Kirk”. Inherited obligations, family order or a hierarchy of virtues bears on traditional morality; a particular religious or ancient source still permits internal variation.

Our Paleoconservatism definition includes “christian republic of local communities and sovereign states, closed borders, protected national industry and no wars for empire”. The accepted or rejected technological transformation matters; criticism of industrialization or limits on enhancement is not endorsement of unrestricted technological change.

Leans further toward religious governance than 88% of the 250 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion in governance is where it stands furthest from the rest.

On Representation, it sits practically at the catalog median.
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