[lit-ideas] What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:02:43 -0700
An interesting essay.
yrs,
andreas
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Subject: [RRE]What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?
>
> What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It?
>
> Philip E. Agre
> August 2004
>
> Web version: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/conservatism.html
>
> Liberals in the United States have been losing political debates to
> conservatives for a quarter century. In order to start winning again,
> liberals must answer two simple questions: what is conservatism, and
> what is wrong with it? As it happens, the answers to these questions
> are also simple:
>
> Q: What is conservatism?
> A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy.
>
> Q: What is wrong with conservatism?
> A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and
> civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality
> and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the
> modern world.
>
more at http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/conservatism.html
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