Why does it seem like liberalism always wins in the end?

Conservatism: Conservatism as a political and social philosophy promotes retaining traditional social institutions.

Liberalism:

Because conservative = status quo by definition. If things change under a conservative, it's moving back. Luckily they lose more times than not at attempting to do so.

liberal is the gas pedal, conservative is the brake

full on gas and you will lose control in turns and hit walls...conservatives just try to slow down during risky situations......when the lights green and there's no traffic....conservatives don't really try to stop anything...they may just say...make sure your seat belts fastened.

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Because conservative = status quo by definition.

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That's not what conservatism is. At least on the fiscal side of things.

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C'mon, HHM, you know classical liberalism and today's Liberalism have next to nothing in common, right?

Classical liberals are for the supremacy of the individual and a very limited government. Today's Liberals abhor those principles.

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Correct.

Liberals have pretty much destroyed the meaning of the word liberal and molded it into its present meaning today.

Were it still in use, I would be a classical liberal but instead, I'm a libertarian in today's time.

Because its more humane, wiser and Christian.

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liberal is the gas pedal, conservative is the brake

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I think our gas pedal is stuck and the brakes are worn out.

Conservatives want to end the status quo; radically. They want big change. They want to end the generational dependency on the welfare state.

Conservatives believe that the more self sufficient the populace is, the better off the country is.

Conservatives actually believe that taxing a dollar from someone, sending it to Washington, having it siphoned off at every level of bureaucracy and then sending it back down to his neighbor (deserving or not) to be siphoned off some more on the way down and now by the state governments too sometimes, is a terribly inefficient way to do...anything, but that is the system that Democrats, especially Liberals wholeheartedly endorse and worship.

And if you want to criticize Conservatives on social issues; for defending rights of the unborn, but not snail darter rights and tree rights,ok. And if you want to criticize Conservatives because they promote traditional families (horrors), fine.

There is no good defense of the increasing dependency on government and the advocacy thereof by liberals, which brings us back to the original point, why does this side win?

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That would be reactionary, by definition.

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correct, and progressives get the benefit that the word progress is associated with "getting better". It really means moving toward.

The question should be, toward what? Is what you are moving toward really better than where you are, or where your were?

It is possible to progress to a worse situation, and reaction to a better one.