The Creation Of A Conservative By Jay Reding - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
The Creation Of A Conservative By Jay Reding - Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
This comes very close to my discussion (I don’t remember if it was on this blog) of why I am a conservative. Fundamentally, democracy is not about everyone being equally entitled to rule — rather it is about everyone being equally unsuited to rule. Thus, democracy (or representative democracy, or the separation of powers, if you prefer) should have as its goal the limitation of the amount of political power that any one person or group of people can amass. The alternative view is interestingly called Progressive, and I think it is an appropriate label. Progressives believe in the upward progress of mankind, and therefore in the perfectibility of government. Unfortunately, this view is not born out by history (and is inimical to Christianity), and so a clear-thinking person should reject it.
