so hang on, the only thing you can think of that political conservatism has ever done for the benefit of the human species is "stop things from getting too liberal"?
wait, what?
by hook or by crook, a utopia that has eliminated resource scarcity should always be the eventual long term goal of civilization - anything else being the sought after eventual outcome is fucking stupid.
are you saying that
progress is a vision of a human species that for the rest of its physical existence unto the heat death of the universe is wage slavery and resource inequality?
Progress is a country not declining into anarchy because of stupid policy on either wing. Yes I'll grant you that the U.S. is leaning too far to the right.
ah, i see the problem.
the word you're looking for is
stability within the current technological era.
that isn't progress, that's not advancing the human condition - and, history has shown repeatedly, that kind of stability leads to the very factors which cause anarchy in the first place: wealth inequality, the amassing of resources to the few at the expense of the many, destruction of the environment for the sake of it being cheaper, etc etc.
technological and social advancement aren't just 'better', they are *mandatory* for the survival of the human race.