Conservative and progressive politics differ in speed, not direction.

Evidence

However, these movements become structurally asymmetrical because of the assumed irreversibility of historical development: even a conservative politics cannot stop history; it can only ensure gentle, cautious transitions and the preservation of that which is worth preserving. Thus progressive and conservative often designate different speeds rather than genuinely different directions: according to its own self-understanding, progressive politics strives toward an acceleration of the expected development of history, conservative politics toward its deceleration or temporary suspension. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 688

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens what the progressive/conservative axis actually indexes: pace-setting on a single irreversible track.
• XREF: connects to: Democratic politics is structurally incapable of matching economic and technological speed. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 676; Political types differ less in beliefs than in relations to those beliefs. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 61; Liberal and conservative perspectives are not mirror images of one another (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Liberal and conservative perspectives are not mirror images of one another #qualifies (0.85)
• Political types differ less in beliefs than in relations to those beliefs. #expands (0.80) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 61
• Pan-movement leaders drew on liberal and progressive politics, not reactionary ones #exemplifies (0.72)