The basic difference is how much power is vested in the state. Towards the authoritarian end, you get things like fascism and absolute monarchies, and towards the liberal end you get things like corporatism.
Yeah that is not very accurate, “conservatism” can go to both extremes. There are very detailed explanations online, but the main difference between the two is wether the government should have a lot of power or they should have very little power, which conservatives have strongly differing views. Especially now, there are a LOT of conservatives who pretend to be libertarian and not authoritarian, but then staunchly support the republic government to have massive authority. Trump and his administration is much closer to authoritarian than libertarian as they are giving a lot of power to the government, which again a lot of conservatives like to deny because they like the idea of being an independent cowboy or something along those lines.
Libertarian = More Freedoms, less government power.
Authoritan = Less Freedoms, more government power
How exactly that manifests can differ. But a common theme is deregulation of businesses and reduction of taxes on the libertarian side, while authoritans don’t like powerful businesses and need taxes for military and police.
These are very general directions, so the details can differ greatly between countries, eras, and political groups.
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The basic difference is how much power is vested in the state. Towards the authoritarian end, you get things like fascism and absolute monarchies, and towards the liberal end you get things like corporatism.
Yeah that is not very accurate, “conservatism” can go to both extremes. There are very detailed explanations online, but the main difference between the two is wether the government should have a lot of power or they should have very little power, which conservatives have strongly differing views. Especially now, there are a LOT of conservatives who pretend to be libertarian and not authoritarian, but then staunchly support the republic government to have massive authority. Trump and his administration is much closer to authoritarian than libertarian as they are giving a lot of power to the government, which again a lot of conservatives like to deny because they like the idea of being an independent cowboy or something along those lines.
Libertarian = More Freedoms, less government power.
Authoritan = Less Freedoms, more government power
How exactly that manifests can differ. But a common theme is deregulation of businesses and reduction of taxes on the libertarian side, while authoritans don’t like powerful businesses and need taxes for military and police.
These are very general directions, so the details can differ greatly between countries, eras, and political groups.
Things aren’t like a simple matrix like a videogame.