August 3, 2012

Conservatives Have a Secret

By Daren Jonescu
Can conservatives be revolutionaries?  Given the level of crisis into which civilization has fallen, and that the unfolding disaster is the result of what is now called "liberalism," it behoves us to ask whether the only serious countervailing force, "conservatism," is up to the task of radical change.  At face value, conservatism would seem to be a position of reserve, caution, and resistance to change.  How, then, can conservatives -- anti-radicals by nature -- turn back the tide of political and moral devolution that has led the once-free world to the brink of economic collapse and tyranny?  I believe that the answer, paradoxically, is that they can turn it back by failing to turn it back.  To see how this makes sense, a little context is necessary. Despite all of Barack Obama's hoopla about "fundamentally transforming" America, the truth of the matter is even scarier than Obama's threatening promise: the fundamental transformation has, to a large extent,...(Read Full Article)