1. A few thoughts on Pat Buchanan's celebration of Vladimir Putin as champion of Christian traditionalism.
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Category mistake. Some virtues may be associated with elites, but are not elitist. Elites are credentialed coteries
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There is a difference between virtues associated with Newman's gentleman and the gentlemen of 19th-c. u.c. England.
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@dg_myers@tonywoodlief Right. Elite conservatives support is often ideal elite (i.e. Nock's "Saving Remnants") as against actual elite. - Show replies
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I may admire something that is admired by only a few, requiring special knowledge, without belonging to an elite.
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Don't mistake narrow interests and minority virtues for an elite. An elite is a social group, bent on power.
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