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Well, I still believe in individual rights over duty to a society. The latter leads to dictatorial governmentsThose are actually the more "Socialistic" aspects of Social Democracy, not the "Liberal" aspects.
What you call "Conservatism", was, 200 years ago, pretty much what was defined as "Liberalism", which was based on individual rights, free markets and property rights.
As for "Socialism" when it first came around, though it incorporated many aspects of Liberalism and many Socialists started out as Liberals, was in fact reaction to both the Liberalism and the Conservatism of the time. Back then Liberals were Individual rights, free market Capitalists and independent property rights, Conservatives of the time were usually Royalists, hereditary rights, land rights based on hereditary rights and lineage, divine rights, strict social structure and lack of individual rights. Than came Socialism, which was about collective rights, every member of society makes society, that every member of society has a duty to the civic good of society rather than individual rights, which are deemed selfish.
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