Anti-capitalism describes a wide variety of movements, ideas,
and attitudes that oppose capitalism. Anti-capitalists, in the
strict sense of the word, are those who wish to completely
replace capitalism with another system. Conservatism and
traditionalism There are strands of conservatism that are
uncomfortable with liberal capitalism. Particularly in
continental Europe, many conservatives have been uncomfortable
with the impact of capitalism upon culture and traditions. The
conservative opposition to the Renaissance, the Enlightenment,
the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and especially
the development of individualistic liberalism as a political
theory and as institutionalized social practices sought to
retain traditional social hierarchies, practices and
institutions. There is also a conservative protectionist
opposition to certain types of international capitalism.
Paleoconservatives and other traditionalist ideologies are often
in opposition to capitalist ethics and the effects they have on
so