The adversary of true liberalism is not true conservatism, it is populism weaponized as a road to absolute power. Left or right, the result is the same. I am sorry, I do not get all this carping on classic American conservatives when the real adversary is carrying out its plans unchecked. Picking the right battles is half of the solution. Trump is following a populist playbook even if he craves elite approval, and is willing to make his cronies the elite. That is what populists do.
Trump is the pustule, the eruption of a virus that has been festering in the body politic for 250 years.
The never Trumpers, the Bulwark are part of that infection, which like the Dorian Gray, finally had to confront themselves and did not like what they saw, and try to disassociate themselves from that which they in part created.
The Mississippi is not one river, it is many rivers and streams that come together to form old man river.
So it is with MAGA, Milton Friedman, Tom Friedman, Hayek, Rothberg,Buckley, merging with racists, the KKK, Aryan Nations, Evangelicals, Dominionists, Opus Dei, rad trad Catholics, fundamentalists, "pro lifers" (a euphemism, male supremacists, Incels,, all flowing together like the many rivers and streams that make up ole Miss. to constitute the cult of Trump, which really isn't about Trump, he is the current icon, he will be replaced by another, but revered as a demi god.
Trump is a scumbag traitor who sold out MAGA to schill for Israel! Is this not the first time in American history our President actually committed heinous, obvious treason on behalf of a foreign country
True American Conservatism is based upon the JudeoChristian moral, philosophical and legal heritage as defined by England. The Declaration of Independence is the founding idealistic document that poses the radical idea that All Men Are Created Equal. An idea that is ultimately based on the political philosophers of the Scottish Realist Enlightenment that included Thomas Reid, Wilson of The Constitution, and the reforms of Locke. The Constitution is a compromise document that forges the Idealism of the Declaration with the Realism of actual governance based in the reality of 13 sovereign states, and keeping such government Of, By, And For The People, who are the True Sovereigns with Rights given by God, not a King or Parliament. The American Experiment in Self Rule is based on the Christian philosophies of Aquinas, and The Protestant reformers through Calvin, Thomas Hooker, Reid and Wilson. As Ben Franklin responded when asked what form of government the Founders gave up, he said, "A Republic, If You Can Keep It." Self Rule requires moral formation to keep laws just. Later progressive ideas, and bureaucratic positive laws threaten the Conservatism of the Founders.
Isn’t that the problem…the “conservative intellectual class”? Why only the few who believe themselves experts or intelligent get to say how any human should live? The “conservative intellects” need to mind their business and stop telling Americans how to live their lives!
“The problem is that the ideology they were developing was providing intellectual cover for something they preferred not to name.”
This👆🏽statement right here.
Including racism, in several of its flavors.
Excellent article as usual Mr. Beckham!!
The adversary of true liberalism is not true conservatism, it is populism weaponized as a road to absolute power. Left or right, the result is the same. I am sorry, I do not get all this carping on classic American conservatives when the real adversary is carrying out its plans unchecked. Picking the right battles is half of the solution. Trump is following a populist playbook even if he craves elite approval, and is willing to make his cronies the elite. That is what populists do.
Trump is the pustule, the eruption of a virus that has been festering in the body politic for 250 years.
The never Trumpers, the Bulwark are part of that infection, which like the Dorian Gray, finally had to confront themselves and did not like what they saw, and try to disassociate themselves from that which they in part created.
The Mississippi is not one river, it is many rivers and streams that come together to form old man river.
So it is with MAGA, Milton Friedman, Tom Friedman, Hayek, Rothberg,Buckley, merging with racists, the KKK, Aryan Nations, Evangelicals, Dominionists, Opus Dei, rad trad Catholics, fundamentalists, "pro lifers" (a euphemism, male supremacists, Incels,, all flowing together like the many rivers and streams that make up ole Miss. to constitute the cult of Trump, which really isn't about Trump, he is the current icon, he will be replaced by another, but revered as a demi god.
Boycott Apple
Trump is a scumbag traitor who sold out MAGA to schill for Israel! Is this not the first time in American history our President actually committed heinous, obvious treason on behalf of a foreign country
True American Conservatism is based upon the JudeoChristian moral, philosophical and legal heritage as defined by England. The Declaration of Independence is the founding idealistic document that poses the radical idea that All Men Are Created Equal. An idea that is ultimately based on the political philosophers of the Scottish Realist Enlightenment that included Thomas Reid, Wilson of The Constitution, and the reforms of Locke. The Constitution is a compromise document that forges the Idealism of the Declaration with the Realism of actual governance based in the reality of 13 sovereign states, and keeping such government Of, By, And For The People, who are the True Sovereigns with Rights given by God, not a King or Parliament. The American Experiment in Self Rule is based on the Christian philosophies of Aquinas, and The Protestant reformers through Calvin, Thomas Hooker, Reid and Wilson. As Ben Franklin responded when asked what form of government the Founders gave up, he said, "A Republic, If You Can Keep It." Self Rule requires moral formation to keep laws just. Later progressive ideas, and bureaucratic positive laws threaten the Conservatism of the Founders.
Isn’t that the problem…the “conservative intellectual class”? Why only the few who believe themselves experts or intelligent get to say how any human should live? The “conservative intellects” need to mind their business and stop telling Americans how to live their lives!