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Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Statist
Coords: X+3 · Y+2
Economic: Laissez-faire
Governance: Statist
Coords: X+3 · Y+2
Descriptor
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Paleo-Conservative
“Pre-Cold-War American right.”
Exemplars · 2 ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Paleo-Conservative actually means.
Paleo-Conservatism stresses traditional social values, nationalism, and economic protectionism, often supporting a strong but limited government.
Apartheid South Africa (1948–1994) and Ian Smith's Rhodesia (1965–1979) reflect Paleo-Conservatism. Both regimes were capitalist but maintained a racially hierarchical society through strict political repression.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Restrained foreign policy; non-interventionism.
02
Tight immigration; cultural continuity.
03
States' rights and federalism.
04
Skepticism of empire and global trade orthodoxy.
05
Christian republican civic virtue.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+3
LAISSEZ-FAIRE
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+2
STATIST
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- The Conservative MindRussell Kirk1953 · ~520 pp
- The Death of the WestPatrick Buchanan2002 · ~310 pp
§ Critics
- The Right NationMicklethwait & Wooldridge2004 · ~480 pp
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