Rank each decade from the 1910s from most conservative to most liberal

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Ill go like this

Most Conservative
1920s
2000s
1980s
1990s
1950s
1970s
2010s
1940s
1910s
1930s
1960s
Most Liberal

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CONSERVATIVE

1910s
1920s
1980s
2000s
1950s
1990s
1940s
1960s
2010s
1970s
1930s

LIBERAL

The 1910s were not any where close to conservative (at least for the US) let alone the most conservative decade . You had a very progressive president in Woodrow wilson who past a lot of labor friendly laws ,  and strengthened anti trust laws, child labor laws passed, 8 hour work days were past,  the income tax was created in the 1910s and they went as high as 77% by the end of the decade, women got suffrage during the  decade,  the framework for the UN was formed in the 1910s(the league of nations).

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Most Conservative
1980s
1920s
1970s
2000s
1910s
1960s
1990s
1950s
2010s
1940s
1930s
Most Liberal

I agree with this order, except that I would move the 1960's to 3rd most liberal.  If we're discounting the influence of 2009, we need to similarly discount 1969.  I'm a little uncomfortable with the 1950's being in the liberal half, but considering how historically remarkable a 91% top marginal tax rate and the strength of unions were, I have to say that edges out the get married when you're 20 and make 4 babies in 4 years aspect of the 1950's.

How is the 1980s more conservative then the 1920s , in the 1920s the government had no intervention in the economy , put quotas on immigrants , taxes were lower, and Coolidge was the most conservative president in the post civil war era , prohibition.

And how is the 1910s in the conservative section , I just gave an explanation why it wasn't close to conservative

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In chronological order except I'd put the 50s down as more conservative than the 30s or 40s.

How were the  30s and 40s and 60s more Conservative then the 80s or 2000s and same with 10s more conservative then the 1920s.

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In chronological order except I'd put the 50s down as more conservative than the 30s or 40s.

How were the  30s and 40s and 60s more Conservative then the 80s or 2000s and same with 10s more conservative then the 1920s.

The conservatism of a society is generally judged by the attitudes and beliefs of the people therein, not what the top tax bracket happens to be. 

Sure, but economics does also count.  The Tea Party wouldn't be thrilled about living in 1935-60.  In a size and powers of the government sense, those were not conservative times.  And if we're going purely on social issues, shouldn't the 1920's be left of the 1950's and the 1990's right of the 1960's/70's?

no because in the 1920s racism was at its 20th century peak , very strict immigration laws were passed,  there was a huge anti catholic sentiment in the country, there was prohibition of alcohol, and teaching evolution was banned in many states . In the  1950s schools got desegregated, a civil rights law was passed, and many other public places got desegregated .

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Tara why do you have the 2010s so high on your conservative list, even higher then the 2000s and 1990s which had a lot more conservative politics and a conservative  public.


Why do people have the 1980s more conservative then then the 20s

In the 20s we had  a total laizze faire economy, taxes were cut more dramatically then the 80s(it went from 77% to 25% in the 20s),spending was cut a lot more dramatically in the 1920s, Republicans were a lot more dominant in the 1920s as they controlled congress by large margins while in the 80s democrats controlled them, Harding and Coolidge were more conservative then Reagan and Bush, and in the 1920s their was an anti catholic movement growing stronger,very strict  immigration laws , like the 80s there was a massive red scare in the 20s, racism grew in the 20s, and evoultion was banned in many states.

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Where would this decade rank now: I think it surpasses the 1970s and maybe even the 1950s but still below the: 1920s, 2000s, 1980s and 1990s

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Economically or socially conservative? How much weight is placed on each type makes a big difference in the ratings.

I would say mix and for social and cultural issues I base it on context for the times and the direction things went in that  decade .

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Most Conservative:

1920s
1980s
2000s
1940s
1990s
1950s
2010s
1910s
1970s
1930s
1960s

Most Liberal

Why 1940s for Conservative it was a pretty liberal decade in general . Other than Taft Hartley there wasn’t much anything conservative about that decade

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Since the 2010s are now over this is how I would rank them


Most Conservative
1. 1920s
2. 2000s
3. 1980s
4. 1990s
5. 2010s
6. 1950s(probably the decade most overrated in how conservative it was is by far)
7. 1970s
8. 1940s
9. 1910s
10. 1930s
11. 1960s

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Most Conservative

1. 1920s
2. 2000s
3. 2010s
4. 1950s
5. 1980s
6. 1910s
7. 1990s
8. 1930s
9. 1970s
10. 1940s
11. 1960s

Most Liberal

How are the 2010s and 1950s more conservative then the 1980s lol. The 1950s was a decade when Conservatives accepted the Keynesian paradigm while in 1980s they tore it apart and created a new Neo-Liberal One(Which is different than what liberal means in this) and on social/cultural issues the nation moved to the left throughout the 1950s not just on public opinion but dramtically on policy too while in the 1980s it was the exact opposite.


For the 2010s I will grant you the second half of this decade has been more conservative than the 1980s policy wise and direction wise but the first half was clearly more liberal and socially/culturally  the first half the decade had a far bigger impact than the second half .


The 90s are also more conservative than the 50s and 10s too as in the 90s the Liberals accepted the new Neo-Liberal paradigm and on cultural issues the nation moved to the right on many of them such as law and order(where Clinton made Reagan look like a Liberal on that issue), and bills such as DOMA were passed.