"Kirk’s solution, dictated back in the late 1700s by Burke himself, was to gut the middle class and return to the “normal” social form of a small number of really rich people at the top, a tiny middle class of doctors, lawyers, and professionals who served the rich, and a massive class of the working poor."
"Kirk’s solution, dictated back in the late 1700s by Burke himself, was to gut the middle class and return to the “normal” social form of a small number of really rich people at the top, a tiny middle class of doctors, lawyers, and professionals who served the rich, and a massive class of the working poor."
This theme of class and resultant inferiority permeates the history of the United States. In particular, I am reminded of the words of your "founding father," George Washington. In a conversation with British actor John Bernard, pertinent to fighting for freedom while holding slaves, Daddy Washington stated: “This may seem a contradiction, but it is neither a crime nor an absurdity. When we profess, as our fundamental principle, that liberty is the inalienable right of every man, we do not include madmen or idiots; liberty in their hands would become a scourge."
Ergo, the United States does not evolve (though such an illusion is presented, at times), it revolves. And now, devolves. Starkly manifested in the reality of the subject matter presented in this most excellent work.
So it follows as day follows night that the "conservatives" regarded Obama as a scourge of liberty & chose to deliberately follow that with a madman, demonstrating for all to see that conservative opinion is justified by the founding father. You are so right in your observation that the US revolves & now devolves.
In today's LookingNWords article I state: "If you understand that Mr. Jefferson meant exactly and precisely what he said, you ought not be surprised at the political advent of Donald Trump. Further, as a sterile matter of brutal fact and assuming you possess an intelligence quotient above room temperature, you should also have seen the bastard coming. If you did not you are either in such a state of denial that you require medication stronger than that which you are currently prescribed, or you are a noddy. Take your pick."
Were it not Agent Orange himself, it would have been a different mass of amorphous, racist nothingness. It is the root of the "US tree" that Jefferson referenced. Trump is a result of a European-American tantrum. What I call the "quiet riot."
Thank you for such an astute comment and your support.
Who is Kirk? Charlie Kirk, You start with an assumption, or was it a copy and paste, that we know what you are talking about.
That said I agree with most of your post, Washington was correct, because the government is now in the hands of Madmen and Idiots and look where we are at.
From Thom's post: "It was 1951 when Russell Kirk, the godfather of the modern conservative movement, published his book The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot in which he laid out the importance of “classes and orders” in society. (I detailed Kirk extensively in The Hidden History of American Oligarchy.)" (I had to do a double-take too, but my fall-back is James T.! :)
"Kirk’s solution, dictated back in the late 1700s by Burke himself, was to gut the middle class and return to the “normal” social form of a small number of really rich people at the top, a tiny middle class of doctors, lawyers, and professionals who served the rich, and a massive class of the working poor."
This theme of class and resultant inferiority permeates the history of the United States. In particular, I am reminded of the words of your "founding father," George Washington. In a conversation with British actor John Bernard, pertinent to fighting for freedom while holding slaves, Daddy Washington stated: “This may seem a contradiction, but it is neither a crime nor an absurdity. When we profess, as our fundamental principle, that liberty is the inalienable right of every man, we do not include madmen or idiots; liberty in their hands would become a scourge."
Ergo, the United States does not evolve (though such an illusion is presented, at times), it revolves. And now, devolves. Starkly manifested in the reality of the subject matter presented in this most excellent work.
So it follows as day follows night that the "conservatives" regarded Obama as a scourge of liberty & chose to deliberately follow that with a madman, demonstrating for all to see that conservative opinion is justified by the founding father. You are so right in your observation that the US revolves & now devolves.
In today's LookingNWords article I state: "If you understand that Mr. Jefferson meant exactly and precisely what he said, you ought not be surprised at the political advent of Donald Trump. Further, as a sterile matter of brutal fact and assuming you possess an intelligence quotient above room temperature, you should also have seen the bastard coming. If you did not you are either in such a state of denial that you require medication stronger than that which you are currently prescribed, or you are a noddy. Take your pick."
Were it not Agent Orange himself, it would have been a different mass of amorphous, racist nothingness. It is the root of the "US tree" that Jefferson referenced. Trump is a result of a European-American tantrum. What I call the "quiet riot."
Thank you for such an astute comment and your support.
You have to admit that we were progressing.
Not from where I sit, Sir. Though I understand your gist.
How about the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments? 1965 Voting Rights Act? EEOC?
My response would be too lengthy for this forum. You might have to trust that I have a vigorous answer.
Perhaps another time, another place.
Progress is slow, but for many even as slow as it is, was too fast, that is why we have the reactionary forces in the form of MAGA.
What do YOU want Rohn? That is the question.
Who is Kirk? Charlie Kirk, You start with an assumption, or was it a copy and paste, that we know what you are talking about.
That said I agree with most of your post, Washington was correct, because the government is now in the hands of Madmen and Idiots and look where we are at.
From Thom's post: "It was 1951 when Russell Kirk, the godfather of the modern conservative movement, published his book The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot in which he laid out the importance of “classes and orders” in society. (I detailed Kirk extensively in The Hidden History of American Oligarchy.)" (I had to do a double-take too, but my fall-back is James T.! :)