Liberalism has no equal, and no value!

Conservatism and Liberalism are typically thought of as equivalent alternatives in the realm of philosophies or value systems; that they're opposites. But I submit to you that this is not a proper portrayal. Rather, these are like light and darkness, knowledge and ignorance, matter and space, goodness and evil. These are not opposites; they are contrasting states where one represents the presence of a value, while the other is merely the absence of the value. To be a Liberal is to be deficient in Conservatism. One can invert the statement, but to do so puts the emphasis on the absence rather than the presence. For example, one doesn't say that light is the absence of darkness, since darkness is merely the absence of light. Knowledge is not the lack of ignorance. Matter is not the absence of a emptiness. Goodness is not the absence of evil. Being a Conservative cannot be described as being deficient in Liberalism, as that would be saying Conservatism is the lack of lacking Conservatism.

Ultimately, we should not use the term Liberal. We should instead refer to such people as Anti-Conservatives, since they suffer from the lack of the Conservative value.