country without making changes. Progressivism drives that change. But conservatism is just as important. There are usually some aspects of a country that are already working well—and in these cases, the conservative impulse to resist change will be wise. Progressivism is also the generation of lots of new ideas—most of them untested—and inevitably, many of them will be bad ideas. The conservative resistance to progressive ideas provides an important filter. These aren’t binary positions but rather a spectrum that generates a rich ecosystem of disagreement on any given political issue.
