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A national cultural conservatism is a strand of conservative thought that argues for the preservation of a nation's domestic culture, usually in the face of external forces.
For example, a cultural conservative in Australia may object to importing movies or TV shows from the United States, believing that such media would have a negative effect on native Australian values. He or she would argue that American society is fundamentally different from Australian society in many key ways, and thus excessive exposure to American culture would cause Australians, especially young Australians, to emulate American values with negative results for the country at large.
Cultural conservatives may thus promote the idea of culture ministries or other government-financed bodies to protect domestic culture through tariffs on imported "cultural products" or by giving grants to local artists, musicians, and other producers of cultural material.
A cultural conservative may not necessarily be a conservative in other political matters. In Canada for example, many cultural conservatives are actually those on the political left, who argue that foreign cultural products undermine Canada's liberal values.
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