Liberalism, “True Liberalism”, and “Classical Liberalism” ought to be a noble endeavor and ideal, something worth striving for. The ideology of liberalism is founded on the premise of Growth, that any organism can “grow to its potential”. A “true liberal” wants to see the things, creatures, and people s/he cares for expand and thrive. Thus liberalism has a natural component, like caring for one’s own children, or even caring for one’s own society, culture, country, nation, race, etc. In order to grow, though, “freedom” is required. Growth cannot have restrictions, constraints, and suppression.
These are the basics of “liberalism”, as basic as it can get. Liberals then see Conservatism, by definition, as that Suppression, restriction, and constraint against thriving. However Conservatism is also the other natural component. Because life has limits and constrictions. Nobody has absolute power. Nobody can grow indefinitely. Eventually, any individual will reach the limit of his power.
Conservative is more “realistic”, practical, and safe. Conservatism is the principle that admits there are limited resources, and such resources need to be controlled and maintained (by the State), hence “Conservative”. Liberals want to liberate those resources (for themselves, and perhaps for others who they admonish “for justice”).
Liberalism is an ideology corresponding to Age. Young people tend to be liberal, because young people grow and want/demand more resources. Thus it is natural for those who lack power and resources, craving it, to demand the conservative institutions to “give them up”. However, in reality and nature, resources are competed and fought for, hard won. Thus liberals tend to be instigators of violence, to fight for the resources that conservatives claim and defend.
Economically, liberalism and conservativism can be reduced to Assets. Liberals have little or nothing to lose, and everything to gain (by fighting and violence). Conservatives have everything to lose, and nothing to gain. Thus it is the natural compulsion and interest of liberals (young people) to fight for power, control, and resources that older generations retain. The more at stake (Modern politics), the more ferocious the fights become.
Modern liberalism and conservatism are called “Neo-liberalism” and “Neo-conservatism” to denote how the Modern world is shaping, changing, and shifting the classical ideologies. Is the liberal attitude good, convenient, or just in this or that situation and circumstance? For example, should water be privatized and corporations allowed to regulate it? To what degree ought humanity protect the environment (technically a conservative value)? Should markets remain “free” or closed, to make bigger profits for a society instead of particular corporations?
Big questions with lots of answers, waiting to be defined and won. However, few people seem to even know what they believe in. Liberals calling themselves so, but are they? And are the conservatives actually conservative?
Using these premises, politics ought to be much clearer for those institutionalized and still uneducated.