I have never researched Christian Democrat ideology, but I will accept the outline reported here as true for the sake of discussion.
Except that American conservatives do not support traditional moral values if the libertarians on the net who insist they are conservatives are any indication.
Then I am by no means a Christian Democrat since I think our society has had too much structural change over the past 70 years- namely women’s lib and the resultant dissolution of the proper family structure.
If American liberals were worried about human rights, they wouldn’t support abortion or euthanasia. And if American liberals emphasized individual initiative they wouldn’t support the welfare state.
Agreed. This is part and parcel of conservatism.
Again, I am not a Christian Democrat; I support welfare programs as long as they don’t create a permanent underclass that is dependent on public handouts or destroy the pillars of society- marriage, family, religion, or lead to bankruptcy.
As a conservative I understand that class struggle is inevitable due to human nature. But as a conservative I also support regulating class struggle so society is not damaged by mass concentrations of wealth/power on one end or poverty on the other.
