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Well, in that one, Frum's just dumb. Dumb Frum.
Perhaps ironically, Frum was a big public supporter of the Iraq War too.
Well, in that one, Frum's just dumb. Dumb Frum.
If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.
Well, in that one, Frum's just dumb. Dumb Frum.
I mean the scholar he's citing sounds like he probably knows his stuff, and I don't pretend to know European democracies enough to know that he's wrong. But Frum's application of him is wrong. Let's say the guy is right: that there has to be a confidently established conservative party in place before a democracy comes into being if that democracy is to last. Well, then that either happened or it didn't 250 years ago (and the 250 years would suggest that it did). It has no bearing on our current democracy.
Yeah, but sadly, what follows that is the demise of the greatest democracy the world has seen.
That much Frum brings out of Ziblatt, and it warrants your earlier "democracy and conservatism are fundamentally incompatible." But, again, that fundamental incompatibility has existed for 250 years and American democracy has existed for 250 years. So I place no bets on how long it all could theoretically continue to go on.this tension exists continually
Fascists certainly win wars, they just haven't won a world war yet.
Ah, you're going "prepper." Now I know what to make of you!
He was talking to me, Lex. It's just a psychological preparation, I'm afraid, Farm Boy. Bracing myself. I should have used "preparing." "Prepping" is charged.Canned food, lots of clean water. Some guns, but more ammunition.
They cause tremendous amounts of destruction while losing them.faacists can't win wars
After all it's been around for what, slightly more than a century?is the demise of the greatest democracy
They cause tremendous amounts of destruction while losing them.
I don't see the latter as a possibility, do you?
I never dreamed my little witticism would engender so much discussion. I thought I'd get a sensible chuckle out of Bird or something.
CFC OT likely is 90% centrist, with 8% left and 2% right. But one should keep in mind that US centrist would be right-wing in Europe anyway.Not worth it. We've both got better things to do with our time.
But I'll look for something we can collaborate on. Aside from making CFCOT the place to be for incisive political analysis, that is.
Does deference to expertise imply subordination, though? "Hierarchy" implies not simply elevating certain people, but placing others beneath them,Attacking hierarchies, though? If we accept that there are subject matter experts, we fundamentally buy into hierarchies. It's just a matter of which ones.