Most Conservative Post WW2 Decade

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I would say the 2000s

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The 1950s are pretty overrated in terms of conservatism even in terms of social issues. The Nation Moved to the left on Social Issues throughout the 1950s while in the 1980s and 2000s it was clearly the opposite.On Economics it was clearly more liberal than any decade since the 1980s .


Its just that it was the only decade in its era that wasnt liberal(1930s, 1940s, 1960s, and 1970s were all liberal) which makes it seem more conservative than now and  people doing direct comparisons in terms of social issues(which is hilariously a bad standard because by that definition the 1910s were conservative as well lol).



I would argue though the 2000s is number one because :

- It was by far the most economically conservative decade since the 1920s

- You arguably had the most socially conservative president we have ever had(At Least in past 100 years), and on social issues the nation moved to the right even in Democratic Wave Years . Remember Prop 8 in CA passed in 2008.

- The Neo Cons were able to remake US foreign policy in such a way that Realpolitik was viewed as a center-left position if not leftist position in the 2000s

- It was probably the most patriotic or jingoistic (what ever word you wanna use for this) decade we have had since the 1940s

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This question can basically be rephrased as "which decade came before the other decades?"

The 1980s-2000s were more conservative than the 1930s-1960s by a long shot.The most liberal decades since 1900 were the 1910s, 1930s, and 1960s by a landslide.