“The fundamental ideal of Conservatism is the power of the individual to achieve his full potential in spite of the system”
By “system”, conservatives mean “free market”.
By your definition of conservatism, Jews in Nazi Germany were at fault for not finding innovative workarounds to the gas chambers.
Actually no, we mean government. The free market is where the individual operates, the system(government) is what puts restrictions on the free market.
By your definition of conservatism, Jews in Nazi Germany were at fault for not finding innovative workarounds to the gas chambers.
Only with your faulty assumption of what 'system' meant. What is interesting is that out of probably the hundreds of times I've posted a comment like that, you are the only person ever to assume or read into 'system' as being the free market instead of government. Maybe this is a little Rorschach test for you?