Left-conservatism

Left-conservatism encompasses a range of political stances that combine left-wing economics with social and cultural conservatism. Left-conservatism is sometimes referred to as socialist conservatism, though these terms are not necessarily identical in meaning. Left-conservative parties have also been called "left-traditional" (defined by the London School of Economics as "pro-redistribution and anti-immigration/LGBTQ rights"), or "left-authoritarian". Left-conservatism was the typical configuration for the ideological inclinations of historical Marxist–Leninist states. Often manifesting itself in Old Left–inspired Marxist parties, modern left-conservatism places a greater emphasis on materialism, collectivism, and class struggle than mainstream conservatism, while also rejecting the fight for social justice on issues that are not directly related to the class struggle. Some left-conservatives view class struggle as having evolved into a struggle between civilizations. Supporters of left-conservatism uphold Marxian economics, socialist economics, or Keynesianism, and generally hold negative views on the New Left, immigration, intersectionality, abortion, drugs, bourgeois feminism, LGBT rights, environmentalism, or the abolition of capital punishment.