| Pragmatic Right
Strongly individualistic Some central planning (e.g.,eugenics, basic income) More high-tech immigration Supply-side economics Proactive interventionism Optimistic about science and technology Agnostic Supports civil unions or indifferent on the issue of gay marriage Belief in biological determinism Related ideologies: neoliberalism, objectivism, minarchism, utilitarianism, neoconservatism, transhumanism, third way, classical liberalism |
Paleo Right
Pro-Family, Pro-Community Minimal central govt. No immigration Strongly anti-deficit spending, anti-fed, minimal or no globalization Isolationist Skeptical Parochial Opposes gay marriage Nurture tends to supersede nature; blank slate Related ideologies: old right, Christian right, libertarian republican, far-right, paleoconservatism, Jeffersonian republican |
| What they agree on:
Oppose political correctness Oppose egalitarianism Seek to minimize/eliminate the welfare state (pragmatists may seek a basic income to replace much of the welfare state) Anti-SJW (except for, perhaps, some neo liberals) Oppose minimum wage (the basic income could make minimum wages unnecessary) |
This schism is most evident on conservative message boards; for example, some individuals want to seal the borders, but others want more high-tech immigration; or some support interventionism to stop terror, and others are unequivocally opposed to any intervention unless attacked first.