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I agree I used the word conservatives too loosely, mainly to avoid the word "liberal". Indeed, there are ideological conservatives. However, they are few. Very few: it's a bit of an intellectual thing. In the political right, they are vastly outnumbered by other movements. Large factions among those are economic (European, not US) liberals, populists, and authoritarians. None of these have morals of contribution and merit.