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False Realism and Utopianism: Conservatism is a defense of the existing order or past existing orders as "natural". Any potential alternative to the existing order or to the romantisized past order is immediately brushed aside as "unnatural" and "utopian"...
Posted 25 June 2008 10:26 PM by Brainpolice | 7 comment(s)
Filed under: Determinism, Collectivism, Social Evolution, Equality, Philosophy, Human Nature, conservatism, History, Vulgar Libertarianism, Marxism

Traditionalism As Stagnation: In my understanding, appealing to tradition (particularly for its own sake) causes the stagnation of society. All human progress has resulted from deviation from prior "norms" or "traditions". In my view, a conservative view of history...
Posted 09 March 2008 02:58 AM by Brainpolice | 3 comment(s)
Filed under: Social Evolution, Entropy, Religion, Philosophy, conservatism