Paleoconservatism

Paläokonservatismus ( from the English paleoconservatism ) is a flow of conservative political philosophy, mainly in the United States. The paleoconservatives have roots in the Old Right ( Old Right), which opposed it in the 1930s and 1940s against the New Deal. They emphasize values ​​such as tradition, minimum of law, anti-communism, they are for protectionist trade policy and are staunch opponents of the welfare state and immigration. Paleoconservatives emphasize values ​​such as traditional family and Christian western culture; they are opposed to same-sex marriage and abortion.

In contrast to the neo-cons, they are also opponents of imperialism and U.S. interference in other countries (with the aim to build democracy or to defend human rights, in matters of the economy, they tend to protectionism; see isolationism ). The so-called Paläolibertären share the claim of the paleoconservatives to support traditional values, said Paläolibertären are staunch opponents of protectionism and state interventionism of all kinds. Often there is a contextual proximity to Distributismus.

Politically, the paleoconservative movement is organized in the Constitution Party, as well as a smaller flow in the Republican Party.

Among the most famous paleoconservatives include Pat Buchanan and Alex Jones. The British philosopher Roger Scruton ( born 1944 ) is often referred to as paläokonservativ.