Good piece on the corrosive nature of hierarchy, status, and even prestige.http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431939/jimmy-savile-bbc-culture-deference-corrupted-normal-people …
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Looking down on others licenses us to abuse them, but looking up to others licenses us to forgive them their abuses. Both are evil.
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@St_Rev Tribalism and purity aside, seems odd to hear conservatives/reactionaries critiquing hierarchy. Isn't that supposed to be good?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SportOfBrahma Goldberg has a libertarian streak sometimes. NR founded on an attempt to ally paleocons, theocons, neocons & libertarians.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SportOfBrahma Since the reason for the alliance was anticommunism, it's been untenable for a while now.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SportOfBrahma But Goldberg's _Liberal Fascism_ was a critique of the authoritarianism embedded in progressivism, & seems prescient today.
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