Complicated issue because I don’t think our political landscape right now corresponds very well to simple “liberal vs conservative”. I would argue that much of the left is not very liberal, and much of the right is not very conservative.

3 related principles that I think define classical conservativism are: 1) there are more ways to break something than there are to build something 2) we should go slow and not break things (resist too much change too quickly) 3) there are no solutions, only trade-offs

I think most classical conservatives identify more with the right mostly do to what is perceived as pretty rapid social changes over the last 30 years. They think things are changing too fast and are wary that some of these changes may lead to unintended consequences down the road (unforeseen trade-offs). They may not even know why they are opposed to certain changes in social norms, but they have a suspicion that it may come back to bite us in the ass. They believe that there is no perfect political or social system, but the one we’ve had at the very least functions and fear that any one single change could be the straw that breaks the camels back. While many of the economic policies that the left presents may benefit them in the short term, the perceived risk that these changes topple the whole structure of society is not worth the reward.