National conservatism

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National conservatism is a variant of conservatism that prioritises the defense of national and cultural identity, often based on a theory of the family as a model for the state. It is oriented towards upholding national sovereignty, which includes opposing illegal immigration or immigration per se and having a strong military. National conservatism departs from economic liberalism and libertarianism and takes a more pragmatic approach to regulatory economics, national capitalism, and protectionism. National conservatism opposes the basic precepts of enlightenment liberalism such as individualism and the universality of human rights, and in America and Europe, is majoritarian populist. National-conservative parties often have roots in rural environments, contrasting with the more urban support base of liberal-conservative parties. National conservatives usually embrace some form of Euroscepticism. In post-communist central and eastern Europe specifically, most conservative parties since...

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