What a country club Republican today may mean something different to everyone especially in the age of Trump. I grew up at one and I can tell you going back as an adult there are certainly a lot of Never Trumpers, squishy RINOs, traitorous Romney types, and newly registered... https://twitter.com/CottoGottfried/status/1307904050751569921

Democrats. However, I think people aren't quite getting who @CottoGottfried is talking about. He is talking about the old money and new money (from small businesses and working professionals e.g. small time attorneys, doctors, accountants).

The old money had their money already obviously and the new money obviously worked hard to get theirs but both groups believe in the principle of noblesse oblige. They understood that without the working people none of what they had was possible.

They were supporters of Rockefeller and Nixon. They believed in free markets but were libertarian Ayn Rand worshipping zealots. They understood big business can and does do bad things if left unchecked. Yes they were more socially liberal but understood that the rules...

The rich play by cannot be followed by everyone. See Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report for details on this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Family:_The_Case_For_National_Action

They believed in the rule of law. They were conservative because conservatism is not what a lot of you make it out to be here on Twitter. Conservatism is not libertarianism! It is being dedicated first to the rule of law to ensure a function civil society where...

Everyone knows the rules and can easily follow them. Next it is dedicated to only making social changes when absolutely needed. Because rocking the boat just to rock the boat almost always has worse consequences than the problem being fixed. For info on this principle...

See Chesterton's fence. Hell if you want understand conservativism just read ALL of G. K. Chesterton! https://fs.blog/2020/03/chestertons-fence/

This thread has already gone on too long and I feel like I am mind reading @CottoGottfried but I think I've captures the spirit of his argument. I hope this helps people understand what conservativism really is because it's less Goldwater and more Nixon than most people know.