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Conservation is Conservative

The preservation and revival of British wildlife is an element of conservatism that has been forgotten. In contrast, so-called conservatives have concerned themselves more with corporate profits than the heartlands of our nations. The free market and the subsequent Industrial Revolution have been the cause of many major successes for humanity. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, the world’s first middle class began to develop, steam engines were developed, and cities began to expand at unprecedented rates. Libertarians are quick to look at this material improvement and conclude that an eternal industrial revolution would make us happier. They assume this means we're on the right path. But they couldn’t be more oblivious. In a 2018 YouGov survey on young people, technology and happiness, 27% of young people, despite the material prosperity of our age, felt that their life had no meaning. The destruction of our environment is almost certainly instrumental in this. Numerous