To add to the thoughtful posts by others on this subject,
“Conservative thinking” is consistently opposed to change no matter how badly needed the change is in a society.
Conservatives steadfastly opposed abolishing slavery, enfranchising women, expanding civil rights, integrating the military, establishing consumer and environmental protections, ensuring the right to vote for all Americans and nearly every other measure that seeks to expand the benefits of liberty and fair treatment to all citizens.
Every society faces the ongoing question of whether to move forward and enact changes needed to guarantee fair and humane treatment to its citizens or fall back into accepting the status quo, a status quo that favors some and not others, a conflict between what is and what could be. Moving forward to ensure a fair and equitable political system takes imagination, empathy, patience, and decades of commitment and hard work. Liberals and progressives are of this type and are genuinely motivated to improve our country.
Conversely, there are many who simply don’t care about working to form a “more perfect union” and see little value in the struggle to do so. Conservatives fit this description and seem to prefer looking backward for what best represents their definition of what makes America a great nation.
One group says let’s move forward into the possibility of what could be and the other group sees change as either threatening or unecessary, and of those who oppose “change” the most, religeous conservatives are the most obdurate. The answer is simple LET WOMEN RULE THE WORLD!