agreement

• • All conservatives agree that human nature is inclined towards a desire to form a society of collective groupings for advancement. This is what Burke called the 'little platoons'.
• • All conservatives agree that structures such as the family and its support mechanisms are crucial for individuals and that these are the roots of human nature.
• • All conservatives agree that human nature pursues private as opposed to public ends and thus it should not be regulated by the state hence their critical view on socialism's aims for a larger state
• • conservatives share the view that the family is a natural part of all human development hence Thatcher's claim that 'There is no such thing as society, only individuals and society'.