Modern American conservatism began as a revolt against Eisenhower. That's key to understanding it.
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@HeerJeet 'Twas ever so. That's what Burke says, ultimately, about Pitt. Maistre says same about the church and the aristocracy. Calhoun... -
@CoreyRobin@delong@HeerJeet Heer misses the point that Heinlein was a creative artist of ideas, not a monomaniacal ideologue.
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@HeerJeet on the slaveholders. Nietzsche on the entirety of the ruling class. -
@CoreyRobin The pathos of conservative intellectuals is they always have to defend an elite they think is stupid & unworthy of defense. - Show replies
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