tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839095285321791359.post7137138428549604123..comments2024-01-03T17:29:03.548-08:00Comments on Ecological Headstand: What is Cultural Conservatism?Sandwichmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11159060882083015637noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839095285321791359.post-52626049268543253602011-08-01T20:36:40.353-07:002011-08-01T20:36:40.353-07:00"They have been held together primarily becau..."They have been held together primarily because of their common enemies, modern egalitarianism and totalitarian collectivism, which they both abhor."<br /><br />"Modern egalitarianism" is the enemy? Fascinatingly blunt, but a predictably undemocratic position.<br /><br />On the other hand, "totalitarian collectivism" could serve as the trade motto for the CZHAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608075411638071572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839095285321791359.post-28047204633156686732011-08-01T05:08:08.342-07:002011-08-01T05:08:08.342-07:00Keep up the good work, it is excellent.Keep up the good work, it is excellent.Chipsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11576332097091474513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839095285321791359.post-40166598037176910852011-07-31T18:37:35.617-07:002011-07-31T18:37:35.617-07:00Kind of wraps up the conservative mindset, no? Th...Kind of wraps up the conservative mindset, no? They're unanimous in condemning equal political power between all men and women. Instead, they desire to maintain unequal political power i.e political power of some OVER the vast majority of the people. Conservatives believe themselves to be superior to the rest of us and therefore have the right to dictate to the rest of us. Conservatives Mike Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410520975856239745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3839095285321791359.post-89445190427931660662011-07-31T17:22:12.765-07:002011-07-31T17:22:12.765-07:00"So what IS cultural conservatism?"
&qu..."So what IS cultural conservatism?"<br /><br />"Mailer was a Left Conservative. So he had his own point of view. To himself he would suggest that he tried to think in the style of Marx in order to attain certain values suggested by Edmund Burke."<br /><br />It's pretty simple really. All literature, all theater, is Burkean. Euripides is Burkean, Plato is reactionary. D. Ghirlandaiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283931383770759507noreply@blogger.com