From my older work on The Rio Norte Line. This explains why ‘Conservatism’ should never be mistaken for the political principles and ideals upon which this nation was originally founded:
There has been a reoccurring exchange between several RNL readers over the definition of American Conservatism, so when I noticed it coming up again in the comment section of a recent post, I thought I might offer a little historical background on this subject – especially since it is square in the middle of my wheelhouse. But before I do, I want to make a full disclosure: as a philosophy student and – at the time – the only conservative student in my entire department – I developed a healthy measure of skepticism for Sir Edmund Burke. So much so that I made myself an enemy of the only conservative professor in the entire department by calling Burke an idiot. To this day I stand by that comment. So, having made it plainly clear that I do not like the end result of the man’s philosophy, let me now explain…
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