People whom are Christian have been disappointed with the change in The Conservative Party of Canada of late. We had thought for a lot of us it was the Biblical option. At one time it would have for sure been the better option and to a certain extent in a pragmatic approach might be for some still. However, I think Christians have come to mistake CPC values for Christian ones.
The truth is the the CPC has been moving away from stances that Christians support for sometime. It might have been possible as well that Conservatives have always been compromising muddled middle practionars of the political and economical worldview. When was the last time they specifically said we were a Christian Nation? Are proper definition for a Biblical Worldview is not, "Conservative," but, "Rightist."
We are of The Right and we are in the Right by striving to live a Godly and Holy life. The right wing or rightist view is that the civil governments are limited to the just use of force. It is not Conservative with a Capital C. It is very and maybe even extremely conservative with a lower case c. As it concerns natural hierarchies and the after effects of Godly Orders setup in God's Creational Ordienances.
Such as family lead by Godly Father's and submitted to by Godly Wives. Or The governments of the Local Churches of Our Lord and Savior. Or The roles of women and men society and in the Churches. We are in favor of getting and conserving a Christian Nation Under God. Even when we disagree on the best ways to do that or on what the exact outcome would look like.
The framework is the same. A government governed according to God's Standards and Bending the Knee to Christ Jesus. This makes us all distinctly right-wing or rightist. It is a certainty that Christians will end up there if starting with Biblical Standards. It is also the economic system that arises when God's Law is followed that puts us on the right. Consistent Biblical economics is Capitalist. In the sense of government letting free markets work. Within exchanges that do not break God's Law
Some would include The State more and some less in this regard. However, that does not make them moderate positions as the standard is still God's Law and not Man's Law. Doug Wilson has coined the term," mere fundamentalism." Which despite all my disagreements with Doug I think is a reasonable name for this spirit within conservative, historical, orthodox, Christian politics.
It is the ending up supporting lassiez-faire free markets (more or less) that puts us all on the right. As the spectrum goes from leftist Tyranny on one end and limited minimalist government (or none for Christian Anarcho Capitalists) on the other end. It is a binary you will land on the left and pro-Statism or leaning towards Statism of some sort. Or land on the right and be for a Constitutionally Limited Government (or Stateless Theonomic Society).
The muddy middle are confused and contradictory in their philosophical/theological views. Making them inconsistent and open to influence by leftist ideas. This is what happened to any truly right-wing Conservative Party of Canada members and the platforms they put forward. They became philosophically and theologically compromised due to that they had no internal defense against incompatible views. I also would not recommend The Nolan Chart as it has a built in libertine bias against Christian values.
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https://theobjectivestandard.com/2012/06/political-left-and-right-properly-defined/
https://theobjectivestandard.com/2017/03/the-vital-function-of-the-left-right-political-spectrum/
https://theobjectivestandard.com/2017/04/the-muddy-waters-of-the-nolan-chart/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolibertarianism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Right_(United_States)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-libertarianism
https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/right-libertarian-populism/
"Right-wing politics are generally characterized by the view that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable. Typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, or tradition. Hierarchy and inequality may be seen as natural results of traditional social differences[10][11] or competition in market economies."
"The Right includes social conservatives and fiscal conservatives. The Right also includes certain groups who are fiscally laissez-faire."
"A descriptive term for an individual or a political faction that advocates very conservative policies. Right-wing groups generally support free enterprise."
"The emphasis on the rights of private property of course locates this as emphatically "right-wing," as does the right of free contract, implying adherence to freedom of enterprise and the free-market economy." Murray Rothbard on right vs left
