Well, for a start, they mean very different thinks in America to they mean in Europe.
In the UK, a conservative is someone who believes in rarely changing, traditionalism, traditional forms of authority, and being tough on deviant beheaviour.
A liberal is someone who believes in a greater deal of economic and social freedom, and that the government should interfere less in people's lives - they believe in small government and the free market.
In America Liberalism and Conservatism are seen as competing political idiologies, in the UK they are often complimentary traits found in the political Right,
In any event, and inboth cultures, both words mean "capitalist" to me.
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