Monday, February 29, 2016

Robert Vienneau — Conservatism According to Corey Robin


The basic principles of conservatism are 1) some are better than others and 2) conserving the past, when #1 applies. Therefore, governance needs to be hierarchical and "traditional." No "risky" new experiments. 

How this is expressed results in different varieties of conservatism historically.

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1 comment:

Malmo's Ghost said...

Liberals are quite conservative too once they're in power.