TORY (‘outlaw’, ‘pessimist’): Traditionalist in Economic, Social, and Political

TORY (‘outlaw’, ‘pessimist’): Traditionalist in Economic, Social, and Political realms. Monarchy(king), Church(god), and Nation(country). “Rely on what has worked, we are too foolish and vain to experiment with what has worked so well for us.”

(*Conservative Traditionalist* – Families )

CONSERVATIVE (’empiricist’): Traditional in Social and Political realms, Liberal in Economic realm. “Expand fruits of commerce but not power of government.”

(*Conservative* – Businesses, Upper Middle Class )

WHIG (‘mare-drivers’, ‘optimist’): Bourgeoise government: American Government: remove power from the king and invest it in parliament. “Distribute the power of government.

(*Classical Liberal / Libertarian* – Meritocratic Individuals )

DEMOCRAT (‘common people’, idealist) : middle class government.

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TORY (/tɔːri/) a political philosophy (Toryism) based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved throughout history.

The Tory ethos has been summed up with the phrase “God, King and Country”. Tories generally advocate monarchism, are usually of a high church Anglican religious heritage, and are opposed to the liberalism of the Whig faction.

Conservatism began to emerge in the late 18th century—it synthesised moderate Whig economic positions and many Tory social values to create a new political philosophy and faction, in opposition to the French Revolution.

Edmund Burke and William Pitt the Younger led in ‘Conservatism’. Interventionism and strong armed forces were to prove a hallmark of Toryism under subsequent Prime Ministers. Due to these Tories leading the formation of the Conservative Party, members of that party are colloquially referred to as Tories, even if they are not traditionalists.

Actual adherents to traditional Toryism in contemporary times may be referred to as “High Tories”, as the traditionalist conservative values of Toryism differ from those of the more liberal and cosmopolitan members of the Conservative Party.

Similarly, Tories is used to describe members of the Conservative Party of Canada, regardless if they are not traditionalists. The term Blue Tory and Red Tory has been used to describe the two different wings of the federal and provincial Conservative parties in Canada.