Conservatism/Talk

Basically, conservatism is the attitude according to which: "unless you have a good reason to change it, don't change it." Or in other terms: "If it ain't broken, don't fix it." Or: "in absence of further information, let's consider what exists as good."

Extreme conservatism goes further, and says: "there can be no reason to change, anyway", "it isn't broken, so don't fix it", and "there can be no further information".

An encyclopedic treatment of an attitude such as conservatism simply cannot be given in terms of homey sayings and catchphrases. --LMS