Ted Cruz: Future of conservatism is populist and libertarian

[Sir Mohamed]

My take is that traditional conservatism is dead is most Western countries. Not just in the US, conservative parties were hijacked by right-wing ideologues, right populists and nationalists. In cases they weren't, they got replaced as the main political force on the right of the spectrum by said groups. See Italy as an example, and France to a degree. Libertarianism is more of a random philosophy and promoted by economical liberals and free market centrists.

I believe the main political battle of the coming decades is no longer the conservatism vs. social democracy stuff, but nationalism vs. globalism. On one side, there are nationalists and right populists, who oppose immigration, free trade and promote some sort of conservative values (often being hypocrites) and who may actually support social safety nets for native citizens. On the other side, you have globalists, who support multilateralism, free trade, immigration and action and climate change.