The nature of conservatism is more complicated than current polarized thinking would suggest. From its political beginnings after the French Revolution to populist America and Britain, the impulse to remain true to inherited tradition is both a stabilizing force and one prone to ossification.
Duration – 35:19
VoxBox: Rowan Atkinson – excerpt from Conservative Conference on YouTube
Music Credit: The Kinks – Well Respected Man
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