Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
The present American use of the word conservatism is a nisnomer. Since its proponents favour a return to a previous social order their proper title is 'reactionary'.
No, it's not correct to use 'reactionary' in that way. If the senate votes on a social order changing bill and the final count is 51 liberals vs 49 conservatives, the conservatives don't become reactionaries if they still oppose the bill after it is passed.

Of course a universal conservatism can be described: a philosophy that considers the established ways of a society inherently superior to their renewal. Another word to properly denote this attitude would be .
You're assuming we will never get anything right.