The deterioration of true conservatism went rapidly down, when ex Trotskyite James Burnham, who perhaps never rid himself of some of that philosophical poison, became the guru of WF Buckley and those involved in National review and ultimately most Republicans.
Now? We have the managerial revolution in control of our political class and American corpoations.
Our only hope for a resurrection of true Conservatism is to immerse our selves in its history from ancient times and its wisdom
“Now? We have the managerial revolution in control of our political class and American corpoations.”
How exactly are Burnham, Buckley, et alia responsible for this?
Schumpeter said similar things. Is he a villain as well?
I appreciate how you’re bringing up the book Managerial Revolution.
I have a copy of that. The day it goes public domain I’m recording it as an audiobook. Really what I will likely do is begin the recording somewhere in the year prior and release it into the public domain that year.
But I’m curious, you realize that he issued that book as a dire warning, right? It’s not Burnham’s great blueprint for the future.