The Future of Social Conservatism

[tpfkaw]

It does seem that in the last century the traditional/social conservatives are running out of things to protect us from. They have already lost the battles on alcohol, porn, comic books, violent games/tv/movies, interracial marriage, birth control, sex education, homosexuality as crime, abortion, prayer in schools and even gambling (somewhat).  I agree that marijuana and gay marriage will join the list soon enough.

I think the last lines of defense may be around hard drugs, prostitution and perhaps gambling becoming even more available. And then there are the legal ages and other regulations for all of the above activities (which is how they are fighting abortion now).

"Social Conservatism" as protestant-based social engineering might decline but I'm not that optimistic. It might diminish in some areas but just look at the perpetuation of blue laws and similar nonsense in liberal, enlightened New England. If anything, a lot of social 'liberalism' is really not that different from conservative protestantism. Just look at the puritanical attitudes of so many feminists, moralizing from gun control advocates and 'liberal internationalists', supporters of speech codes and ever more ridiculous work place 'sensitivity' and regulations, etc.

Also, the abortion issue is far from dead. I don't know why people keep saying that, if anything my generation is slightly more opposed to it than the norm from what I've seen. It's probably never going to go away.

New England is pretty much the ur example for how 'social liberalism' essentially is puritanical WASP morality/snobbery in the form of legislation.

[tpfkaw]

Socially conservative societies will tend towards demographic growth, while socially liberal societies will tend towards demographic decline. As a result, over time, the pool of immigrants will be more socially conservative every generation. We are witnessing, more or less, demographic transformation occuring in Israel and Turkey right now as the more socially conservative religious elements reproduce faster than secular folk.

On life, the pro-life either win by winning, or win by losing. A research study in Australian demonstrated that genetics plays a role in shaping ones attitude towards abortion. Those with genes more favorable to abortion will, eventually, abort themselves out of the gene pool. As long as abortion is legal, the genetic propensity towards being pro-life will increase every generation.

Your hypothesis relies on Darwinian natural selection to be true, you know.