# American conservatism has exhausted its credibility **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 11, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-conservatism-has-exhausted-its-credibility/920373 "2020-09-11T21:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-conservatism-has-exhausted-its-credibility/920373/29 "2020-09-17T13:10:15Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > I think it’s pretty telling how many people identify as ‘Conservative, but not what the majority of people who are conservative actually vote for or do in practice, oh no’ and often fail to explain even what their version of conservative is. I can’t speak for others, but I have recently offered my own definition of conservatism. See this similar topic about a month ago: > [@Ex-Republican strategist: Republican Party conservatism was always a lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-republican-strategist-republican-party-conservatism-was-always-a-lie/918812/39): > > It’s my way of forward-thinking. Before a change is made, I want to make sure it’s better than what we have already. In my own words, conservatism is this cautious aproach to politics which literally has the tendency to conserve the existing status quo. > > I will abandon the principle in extreme situations, but I prefer not to. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-conservatism-has-exhausted-its-credibility/920373)._