06-01-2017, 08:55 AM
So what do classical conservatives like Burke believe in?
1. Liberty as an objective
2. Government as a servant and not as an exploiter or enabler/enforcer as such
3. Responsible government
4. Non-violence
5. Law and order
6. Personal temperance
7. Enterprise as a generator of wealth and prosperity
8. Faith in legal precedent
9. Respect for intellect and reason
10. Equality of the law
This sounds like the norm for much of American life. This could as well be George Washington or Martin Luther King. It fit the supposed Kenyan Marxist Islamist (ha, ha, ha, right-wingers!) well enough.
1. Liberty as an objective
2. Government as a servant and not as an exploiter or enabler/enforcer as such
3. Responsible government
4. Non-violence
5. Law and order
6. Personal temperance
7. Enterprise as a generator of wealth and prosperity
8. Faith in legal precedent
9. Respect for intellect and reason
10. Equality of the law
This sounds like the norm for much of American life. This could as well be George Washington or Martin Luther King. It fit the supposed Kenyan Marxist Islamist (ha, ha, ha, right-wingers!) well enough.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.