Based upon the normative value of conservatism and the structural layout of corporatism, conservative corporatism arose as a response to liberalism and Marxism by rejecting the cultural pluralism of liberalism, the political radicalism and dialectical materialism of Marxism, and the mutually held secularist attitudes of both.
The conservative corporatist culture relies on existing shared values of its members and therefore does not feature a large police force.
The theoretical source of legitimacy of a conservative corporatist culture is tradition and hierarchy of birth.
For this reason, conservative corporatists tend to view time and goals in terms longer than one's own lifetime.
Specialization of skills by small corporate groups tend to perpetuate the culture because it causes members to feel a sense of self-government and self-sufficiency.