The Other Side of the Sixties Barry Goldwater and the Rise of Postwar Conservatism I II Conservatism from the Political Fringe to the Halls of Power Vox Clamantis in Deserto Conservatism in the 1950s a Similarities the New Left b Conservatives were minority in 1950s 60s c New Deal legacies made 1950s a bad era for conservatism i Ex Eisenhower moderate and republican d Who was a conservative Similar to Leftists i White affluent academic concerned with the soullessness of consumerism individual freedom and foreign policy as aggressive containment ii Thought big gov t was power hungry and wanted to take rights away from people iii For capitalism private property free enterprise iv Socially conservative wanted a return to older or Jeffersonian America III Core Conservative Beliefs 1 Caveat there are many different kinds of conservatives 2 Core conservative beliefs a Mistrust of centralized big government a Only purpose of big gov t to provide basic protection for Americans and to enforce laws b Strict constitutionalists b Emphasis on individual rights especially property rights and free enterprise a Free enterprise capitalism b Saw taxes as theft c Anti Keynesian beliefs d For gun ownership c Mistrust of social engineering i e using government as a tool for social improvement a Thought of FDR as Satan and LBJ s Great Society b Saw civil rights as a state concern not a federal as a disaster concern c Disliked redistribution of wealth d Intense anticommunism patriotism support for large military a Big military in a small government b Intense McCarthy ites c Wanted a large budget for military spending e Law and order f traditional values a Popular among religious conservatives but not all conservatives are religious see Ayn Rand b Wanted regulation of abortion g Hatred of moderate conservatives e g Eisenhower Rockefeller Conservative Intellectual Influences a Friedrich von Hayek and The Road to Serfdom 1944 IV i Main point that collectivist societies ALWAYS become tyrannical b U of Chicago economist Milton Friedman i Champion of capitalism and free market economy ii Capitalism and Freedom 1962 c Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead i Atheist ii Anticommunist involved in HUAC investigation of Hollywood Ten iii Objectivism capitalist individualist society d Russell Kirk and The Conservative Mind e William F Buckley and The National Review i Author figurehead critic ii Young Americans for Freedom 1 Conservative counterpoint for SDS V Barry Goldwater a Born Arizona 1909 cowboy from Phoenix b Classic conservative anti New Deal intensely anticommunist pro military deeply opposed to LBJ s Great Society pro choice i Not religious however c 1964 Presidential election nominated ii LBJ crushes Goldwater i GOP moderates defeated at convention Goldwater 1 Goldwater only won AZ GA LA MS AL and SC iii Liberalism triumphant For now but
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