Is Conservatism Christian?

CONSERVATISM IS TRADITION. Conserving the traditions which have made this country what it is, whatever it is. And, to some extant, the world. In America, the twins pillars of conservatism are capitalism and Christianity. Call capitalism the freedom to take advantage of opportunity, or to exploit resources, for personal profit. Either way its the same, and either way it includes people. Labor, and therefore people, are a resources to be exploited as profitably as possible. The Christian religion is primarily concerned with how to deal with bad behavior. Fist, of course, define it. That's the hard part. Amid all the confusion and contradiction, consensus, at times, emerges. Capitalism and Christianity do not, on the surface, seem compatible. Jesus talks a lot about sharing and giving unto the poor, but says not a word about hard work for personal profit and personal enrichment, other than to condemn it. Conservative Christians seem devoted to free market unregulated capitalism, tend to justify personal enrichment, and to disdain cooperative, democratic socialism. Among other strong American traditions are racism, sexism, and class conflict, to go along with individualism, ambition, and personal initiative. In America, there is a strong strain of moral piety and honesty, couple with a thriving fantasy and con artist culture. Americans have almost always hated immigrants, ironically. Liberalism is innovation, change. Liberals are complainers, protesters, who don't like the world the way it is, for whatever reason, and want to change it. They usually think they know exactly how to change and improve the world, which can give one the impression that they are self righteous, self assured, and elitist, concerning their own self proclaimed talents. And yet there can be no argument with the fact that the world needs change, big change, now. Conservatives are going to have to stop trying to bring back coal. To deny climate change at this point is insanity. Liberals have ideas to solve problems such as climate change and poverty, such as replacing fossil fuels with solar energy, and raising minimum wage, but, alas, conservatives, even mindful of tradition and not wanting to change the way things are, stand in the way. There must be some way to convince conservatives that just a teensy tiny bit of change won't kill them. Conservative Christians will probably tell you that in America, taxes have always been too high, still are, and that the American capitalistic system, led by the business owners, always have and still do everything in their power to help the poor. Don't believe a word of it. Its all conservative hokem. In America taxes have never been high, relatively, and the working poor have always, and still are, exploited and abused. In America, to render unto Caesar and to give unto the poor would be a vast change, and not only that, but it would be following the teachings of Jesus, which is truly Christian.