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Against
In the United States, conservoid sentiments were against:
- The American Revolution
- right of poor people to vote
- public education
- compulsory education
- abolition of slavery
- voting rights for black people
- voting rights for indigenous Americans
- voting rights for women
- anti-trust laws
- labor rights
- worker safety laws
- 40-hour work week
- 8-hour work day
- paid vacations
- child labor laws
- national parks
- ending alcohol prohibition
- Social Security
interstate highway system-- not sure about this; Eisenhower was a Republican- conservoids do seem to be against spending money on transportation infrastructure, though
- civil rights act
- desegregation
- interracial marriage
- Medicare
- unemployment insurance
- workman's compensation
- welfare laws
- environmental protection laws
- Endangered Species Act
- Family Leave Act
- banking and speculation regulations
- emergency loans to US auto manufacturers (...but was that a good thing?)
- the Affordable Care Act
- gay rights, gay marriage