The opposite of conservatism is not liberalism. It's Democracy!

I yield the discussion to Phillip Agre at UCLA:

Liberals in the United States have been losing political debates to conservatives for a quarter century. In order to start winning again, liberals must answer two simple questions: what is conservatism, and what is wrong with it? As it happens, the answers to these questions are also simple:

Q: What is conservatism?
A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy.

Q: What is wrong with conservatism?
A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world.

This is a good read. If you are willing to live in a post truth world ruled by an aristocracy voted for by a minority of Americans then ignore this.


http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/conservatism.html