Once you understand that pretty much everyone in the west is a liberal, even conservatives, it makes it much easier to break out of false diacotomy of thought there. There isn't one, only hegemony.

A vast majority of people in both groups all believe in the same things. They both want the same things, just their time preference is different. Conservatives want to move slow, Progressives want to move fast.

Take immigration, for example, talk to almost any conservative and they have no problem with immigrants, as long has they follow the process and do it legally (slow). Progressives just want open borders (fast).

Hence the adage: Conservatives are Progressives driving the speed limit. (h/t @MichaelMalice)