Well my question is, what does Conservatism actually conserve? Did conservatism conserve our rights to own firearms? Not really, since we have the NFA, the Hughes amendment, the 1994 "assault weapons" ban, and the ATF is allowed to exist. Did they conserve our freedom of speech? No, since Facebook and Twitter can ban you. Did they stop the government from violating the 4th amendment through all the spying they do on us? Hell no. Did conservatism conserve our patriotic culture and heritage? Nope, since American history is disregarded and disparaged in the school system and in the pop culture. Conservatism is terrible at its job of conserving things.