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1 posted on 06/14/2022 8:19:18 AM PDT by arthurus
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A thoughtful and well-written commentary/perspective.
Many thanks for calling it to attention. Cheers!
2 posted on 06/14/2022 8:23:22 AM PDT by glennaro (Live life unbullied and unafraid. Choose to ignore or fight the irrationality that surrounds you.)
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Thats not an easy read.

It ends with:

... Culturally, America is so distant from the 1980s, when the movement of conservatism hit its stride, we may as well be on an alien planet. The left has transformed America in every conceivable way while conservatism acquiesced to every innovation. The solution, of course, is to accept that there is nothing left to conserve and therefore conservatism is as relevant as Whiggism. Interesting as a means of understanding how we have arrived at this dismal state, but otherwise it is something that belongs in the museum of failed political movements. For dissidents, it is a warning about the wages of accommodating the original sins of progressivism.

So are we still Conservatives? Am I an ideologue anymore? I don't know.

5 posted on 06/14/2022 8:33:19 AM PDT by corkoman
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The Third Rail that conservatives fail to touch is race and sex realism. This is what is hinted at in the essay.

Progressives and conservatives agree that at some point in the future if the right things are done then equality among the sexes and races will be achieved.

They only differ on what things need to be done. Progressives want to force a false state of equality as soon as possible. Conservatives naively believe that if everyone has equality of opportunity then eventually the two sexes and all of the races will achieve parity.

The science suggests otherwise, so that is why we are trapped in Lysenkoism with regard to sex, gender, race, climate, health policy, etc.

Individually we can talk among ourselves about how men and women are different or different cultures are more or less good at long term goal setting. However, our leaders can never add two and two together and get four or else be banned from the public square.

For those interested in the thoughts of the dissident right (also called NRx or neo-reaction) there are many YouTube channels to choose from. Many have had to tone down what they say on YouTube, but have alternative channels on BitChute, etc. with their spicier stuff.

The Distributist
Auron McIntyre
Charlemagne
Settler's Lament
Mencius Moldbug (aka Curtis Yarvin)
Nick Land
Last Things
Blonde in the Belly of the Beast
Academic Agent (Recovering Libertarian)
Ramzpaul
Alex Kaschuta
Keith Woods
Morgoth's Review
Endeavour
Jared Taylor
E. Michael Jones (More traditional catholic than NRx)

6 posted on 06/14/2022 8:44:33 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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