Modern American Conservatism, as stated, 20th c.-present
20th Century · stated scope
Modern American Conservatism is a political ideology that emerged in the United States during the mid-twentieth century, emphasizing limited federal government, free-market economics, traditional social values, and a strong national defense. It developed primarily from the 1950s onward, coalescing around institutions such as the National Review, founded in 1955, the Republican Party, and a series of electoral coalitions that shaped national politics from the 1964 Goldwater campaign through subsequent decades.
Cluster:Extractive Rule
Tradition & Continuity leads the elevations, with Authority & Hierarchy, Material Aspiration, and Security & Stability high beside it, while Knowledge & Truth and Care & Welfare are strongly depressed and the procedural Principles run low. Elevated Material Aspiration is the distinctive marker among the hierarchical clusters. What separates it from Mobilized Absolutism is degree: the depressions here are shallower and the elevations less extreme.
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Neighbors
- 1Hillsdale College, as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 15Compare
- 2Takaichi (Japan PM), as realized, 2025-presentDistance: 18Compare
- 3Merz (Germany chancellorship), as realized, 2025-presentDistance: 20Compare
- 4American Evangelicalism (contemporary), as stated, 2000-presentDistance: 20Compare
- 5Berkshire Hathaway, as realized, 2015-presentDistance: 21Compare
The Three Axes (Detail)
Each bar is one pole’s pull, pointing the way it pushes the result. The dot is where the two pulls add up.