What is conservatism? In short, let's keep it
What is conservatism? In short, let's keep it literally. So what should conservatism be protected?
The first is the nation. The first thing to do is to protect the nation to qualify as a conservative. If the nation has been deprived of its sovereignty, it is a real conservative to fight for independence. Those who are pro-Japanese are by no means real conservatives.
And if the nation is divided into two, it is a real conservative movement. If the nation is divided and hostile, it is a real conservative to strive for national reconciliation somehow.
Second, the next thing conservatism should keep is the state. In order to protect the country, we must faithfully keep our national defense and tax obligations. This is real conservatism. Anyone who avoids military service or avoids tax obligations can never be a conservative.
Third, the next thing conservatism should protect is society. If the region is divided, it is real conservatism to strive for social integration. Anyone who promotes local sentiment can never be a conservative.
Fourth, the next target that conservatives must protect is the family. A home wrecker cannot be a conservative.
Finally, individual freedom, equality, and fundamental rights must be upheld by conservatives. If individual freedom, equality, and basic rights are being violated, fighting is the real conservative. In other words, if the dictatorship is violating individual freedom, equality, and basic rights, the real conservative is fighting for democracy. Anyone who seeks to destroy democracy cannot be a real conservative.
Above all, if a conservative wants to protect, he must be proud of his nation and system and be optimistic about the future. And the spirit of independence must be strong. Only then can there be a justification for protection. Therefore, a person who claims to subjugate to another country cannot be a real conservative.
In conclusion, those who now claim to be conservatives in Korea can never be real conservatives. They are going down the opposite path from what real conservatives are supposed to do. In other words, they are not real conservatives, they are just the reaction of the times.
I hope the real conservatives will join forces to awaken or clean up the reactionaries, pseudo-conservatives and fake conservatives of the times. Where are these real conservatives now.