can someone tell me the difference between conservative and liberal in a non opinionated way?

Answer 1

Liberals believe that military is a useless overhead,

Conservatives believe in a strong military,,

Liberals say one thing and do another,
ie: they say we should help the poors, but thats all,, no actions behind it

Conservatives say let the poor help themselves

Liberals like to have laws and regulations for everything

Conservatives are not much better on that one :-)

Hope you get the idea,, last point

Typical Liberals get loans and become doctors, lawyers, etc...
then wont repay those loans

Conservatives get the money from a rich relative

The rest of us, well you know :-)

Answer 2

A liberal and a conservative stroll down the line and come across a homeless guy. The Conservative take $5 from his pocket and tells the guy to return see him to get a activity. The Liberal takes $10 from the conservative's pocket and tells the guy the place to report for advantages. heavily the liberal feels the authorities may well be an agent of social substitute and the authorities has a accountability to fund social strikes. The conservative is particularly plenty pleased with the way issues are and places emphasis on own accountability and much less authorities intervention.

Answer 3

EXCELLENT QUESTION!

One I've delved with in a chapter that I wrote.

I just read today somebody's letters to politicians, showing his preference for conservatives.

People get so bent up on the difference between conservatives and liberals that I feel it's a ploy used on the gullible public to make them have a preference for a politician or political party.

These words mean NOTHING!

Anyone engaging in debates over these words is a fool.

I can be both conservative and liberal, depending on what mood I'm in. If I'm Bush, I can conservatively boost the national debt some three trillion dollars to pay for things Americans don't need. That's a conservative?

I say Hogwash! It don't matter about these words.

What matters is if the politician is going to screw people up.

From the looks of things,can anyone honestly say they are better off now than 6 years ago?

Maybe a C.E.O. can. The rest of us are hanging onto jobs by a thin thread.

I hope I gave you an unopinionated answer.

Answer 4

The terms "conservative" and "liberal" mean very little today. They've become catch-all labels for various sets of beliefs that have nothing to do with the actual meaning of the words.

Think of it in terms of conservative and progressive. A society needs both of those elements to remain healthy. The progressive element promotes changes and new ideas. The conservative element promotes tradition and existing ideas. Without progressives, society stagnates. Without conservatives, society mutates.

With both elements working correctly, you get the right amount of change.

This is a good way off looking at it, because it shows that neither conservatives nor progressives are inherently superior, nor are they necessarily enemies.

JMB

Answer 5

A conservative is someone who believes that government should only take care of certain things like building roads, national defense, and things of that nature. It shouldn't be involved in places it doesn't belong like education and welfare. A Liberal believes that government should have it's hand in many areas of life. It used to be different in that liberals were interested in new ideas and ways of doing things and conservatives were stuck in their old ways (since they considered them the best.) Things have changed from the dictionary definition.

Answer 6

Traditionally, conservative meant "conservative with respect to change", and liberal meant "liberal with respect to change". Liberals wanted to do away with child labor, give women the right to vote, end segregation, create laws that protect the environment and the welfare of animals, and so on. Since business and corporations lose out on profits when reform happens, the conservative (republican) party is the party that watches out for the interests of corporations and the wealthy elite who control them, while the liberals (democrats) look out for the interests of the common people. You can see the contrasting attitudes toward change today with regard to pretty much any issue. Liberals want to progress towards a society that doesnt discriminate against gay people, for example, while conservatives want to amend to the constitution to discriminate against them.

Its worth noting that in the political context, the words "conservative" and "liberal" dont mean the same as they do in every day speech. In every day speech, conservative means "cautious and prudent". There is certainly nothing cautious and prudent about starting a war based on unconfirmed suspicions, or about rolling back protections for our one and only environment for the sake of increased corporate profits.

Its also worth noting that while republicans claim to be about "less government", they are the party trying to tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her own body. They favor more government intrusion into our lives when it comes to personal freedoms like the freedom to purchase alcohol, the freedom to make your own "end of life" decisions" (physician assisted suicide), the freedom to purchase "adult toys", and so on.

Answer 7

No. The problem is that they are both right. And they are both wrong. Their goal is not to better the future of America, but to further their own goals, and to enhance their party. They will both say what we want to hear, but not what we need to hear. The continuation of our country has become second to winning. As far as I understand it; republicans want a system based on individual responsibility; that government should be kept to a minimum. Liberals seem to want a system where that government has more responsibility towards what happens to its citizens. Both sound good, but both can be abused.
My belief, government should have 3 jobs, protect us from the outside (the enemy), protect us from each other (police), and protect us from the abuse of business (corporations)

Answer 8

In a basic way, a conservative prefers the status quo, while a liberal is more open to change.

Answer 9

they are really just two made up words for a group of people with two different believes. conservatives got the name for a reason of people that have a little more than others like to keep it to them selves. liberals got there name for wanting to share trying to make everyone a little more equal.

Answer 10

a conservative willsit back listen and reserve his comments whereas a liberal will jump up and give you an answer before you have asked the question