Conservatism And Socialism In The Nineteenth Century

Conservatism, modern liberalism, and socialism are all distinct, different ideologies, and each ideology emerged as a reaction to something during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Intellectuals in the eighteenth century formed liberalism, which the economic leaders during that time readily adopted for the sole reason that it would help them generate more money, as a reaction citizens formed conservatism. The existing social construct was being questioned by supporters of liberalism which led to supporters of the current social arrangement forming conservatism to counteract that. In the late nineteenth-century working class liberalists created socialism, which was a modified version of liberalism more applicable to the working class. …show more content…
Modern liberalism favors government interaction with citizens’ day to day lives. Protection from unemployment and poverty is something modern liberal governments tend to strive for, this tends to lead to the satisfaction that their government is doing a good job. “when researchers looked at what a country does for its citizens, greater liberalism corresponded with higher well-being” The American Psychological Association states. This shows that the more liberal policies a government passes the happier its people will be, no matter what their political leaning …show more content…
He is not the only one who has noticed this correlation In 2010, UCLA economist Matthew Kahn published a study of California cities this held over time: “As California cities became more liberal,” Kahn stated, “they built fewer homes.” This proves liberal policies don’t always work, income inequality and housing affordability affect thousands of people, anyone who wants to live in a liberal state in the US is going to be affected. The belief that the working class should take over the state and direct all industries is socialism ideology. This derives from the concept that society is broken up into different classes based on economic similarities between people. Socialism and liberalism share some similarities in their core beliefs, including sharing the belief that everybody should receive equal treatment by the state; yet, it differs in other beliefs socialists believe in the varying classes as well as the fact that the working class is severely oppressed by the rich class even if the working class has greater