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Survival of the fittest or the adaptation of conservative and liberal states
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Ricardo Moreno Contro Survival of the fittest or the adaptation of conservative and liberal states Liberalism and conservatism have shaped and altered western nations for the past two centuries into the democratic governments we now see in every developed country. Of the major political doctrines to emerge since the Middle Ages these two have withstood, almost intact, through the passage of time, why? Liberalism can trace its roots to the Carta Magna, but as a structured set of beliefs, it wasn't until the Enlightenment that it evolved into what is now considered "classical liberalism". Conservatism, on the other hand, first developed in the writings of Edmund Burke and his book Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). Both conservative and liberal states share the characteristics of any modern state (sovereign, independent, territorial, monopoly on power and taxation, public and private spheres, etc.), but they differ greatly on the role of the...
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