As I see it, a lot of conservatives function on a few assumptions that almost always wrong:

• They got to where they are on their own merits

• If society have to make any sacrifice, they and their families would never be the one put onto the chopping board

• There is a higher power that is always good, whether is it God, the Constitution, or the institutions

• Economic growth is endless.

So what happen when any conservative realize one or all of these assumptions are wrong? Would they just stop being conservatives? Or would they turn to fascism, like I have heard many people talked about?