Twenty people walk into a bar. Five Bulgarians, five Americans, five French, and five British. In each group, there is one person born in 1880, 1920, 1950, 1980, and 2000. All identify themselves politically as “right-wing” and “conservative.” None of them have any …
More »“Conservator”: The End of an Experiment
The “Conservator” website is deserted. At the time of writing this text, the most current articles on the main page were uploaded at best three days ago. None of the five were written for the site – they are all reprints. To the extent that there are still people who make efforts for “Conservator”, they are directed …
More »Principles are not pasta: Jock, Bonev and the right-wing yellow vests
The yellow-paved ideological bubble is jumping through the phases of change significantly faster than the rest of the country. We can explain this with a simple interpretation of Maslow's pyramid, in which materially satisfied millennials have climbed much higher than village grandmothers. Even more so with open access to waves of new information about …
More »On libertarianism, conservatism, and the nature of social "progress"
Guest author: Stefan Boyadzhiev Man never mounts higher than when he knows not where he is going. —Oliver Cromwell* Two weeks ago, EKIP published an article by Slavcho Marinov, which was dedicated to a critique of libertarianism. It, in turn, was the second part of the author's more general theme and idea, to …
More »Who is more left-wing: Criticism of conservatives and libertarians II
Libertarianism with Preferences This article is part two of the series "Who's More Left-Winged: A Critique of Conservatives and Libertarians." You can read the first part here. Libertarians' beliefs, on the other hand, rest not so much on the idea of a watchdog state as on an impartial state - one that will protect the rich and the poor...
More »Ep. 35: Conservatism, Liberalism and Nationalism with Toncho Krajevski
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More »The right-wing and conservative position is Bulgaria outside the Eurozone
The right-winger doesn't like political adventurism No, this isn't one of those articles that will make you believe that a 1,000 leva salary will become €500, and a 1 leva loaf of bread will become €1, because that won't happen. However, something else will happen - the security of the currency board will disappear...
More »Socialism in conservatism
Author: Stefan Kichev Man is born naked into this world, equipped only with his mind and body, which, forced by circumstances, he uses to transform the resources given by nature so as to satisfy his needs and improve his standard of living. The only way he can do this is through …
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