The problem with using the liberal and conservative labels and assuming a continuum between the two is that conservative isn&#x27;t a fixed ideology anymore and many people conflate what conservatism used to mean with what it currently means. Neo-conservatism changed all that. Today&#x27;s conservatives don&#x27;t believe in small government or reduced spending, they just want the government to be bigger and spend more in different ways than the liberals do.<p>Note: that this isn&#x27;t unique to conservatives...modern-day liberals have sold out their core constituency to an equal degree, but I focused on conservatives because I believe the conservatives that you find yourself agreeing with are the kind that don&#x27;t really play a part in the Republican party anymore. They&#x27;ve been marginalized by Fox News and talk radio (Rush et al).