I'll admit to being ignorant as to what's happening in Croatia; but besides that, most conservatives I've talked to argue in favor of one or more of those positions you listed. It leaves me rather confused as to where this idea of yours comes from that they're "de-facto centrists".
Because these positions are not binary. It is not just a question of arguing for certain positions, but also a question of "intensity", of what level exactly is deemed acceptable. Compare
paleoconservativism with neoconservativism; between the two, it is paleoconservatives I consider to be actual conservatives in the US context. For neoconservatives in particular, main issue I have is that they are contradictory: they may argue for the four positions I have listed,
but they also literally gut everything which makes those positions possible or at least practical in the first place, by promoting global open market, absolute deregulation (even up to abandoning anti-merger and anti-monopoly laws) and so on.
and yet your doing the equivalent of blaming the refrigerator, internet and buildings. using them as symbols and scapegoats for the failure of modernity "Oh our food is poisonous, the buildings, are maddening, I could do just fine without a refrigerator." What's stopping you from going to a farmers market? What's keeping you from living in a small shack? What's keeping you from being a nomad. In short....speak for yourself and yourself only. The only thing keeping you from living the life you want to live is your own weakness.
1) I actually do go to farmers' market. Many people do, and personally, much if not majority of the food I eat is bought there. But there is simply not enough such markets for everyone to do the same even if they wanted to, and part of the reason for this is that producing food is simply too expensive, especially compared to import food which is usually nothing more than literal waste (companies in Croatia are importing stuff that was, for various reasons, rejected in Western states - it is either beyond the expiry date, or too unhealthy for various reasons).
Milk production cannot survive without state support because import milk is much cheaper, for example. At the same time, there are too many regulations for even starting business, meaning that if people stop producing there is nobody to replace them. Just recently I worked on an agricultural census (as a part-time job), and for vast majority of the people I have talked to, their story is the same: agricultural production is a net loss, and they only work in agriculture because they need something to relax, to get away from modern urban society so as to maintain healthy psyche; but it is not something they can even improve financial situation with, let alone live from.
2) What is keeping me from living on village is the fact that I simply wouldn't be able to produce enough food for myself, let alone to sell it - and traditional village community which would enable people to live without monetary income is no more. There are multiple reasons for that, one of which is the fact that we have not had a functional state for a long time - ever since 1918., the only purpose of the state seems to be taxation, but whenever you try to start anything yourself (be it business or agricultural production), only thing you encounter are obstacles. And I don't mean normal obstacles of starting a business, such as need for starting capital; I mean obstacles of administration, bureocracy and other mechanisms of state. And only then you get to the issue I noted in point 1), namely finances.
