The basic problem with American conservatives is that more than any other political subculture they believe in the power of systems over human judgment.
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Managerial centrist liberals essentially have faith in their appointed bureaucrats, leftists just believe in power. Conservatives are the only morons who believe in cutting off their own arms and legs because it's the right thing to do.
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I think this strange belief in systems over everything else stems from a basic underconfidence resulting from the rejection of virtue ethics
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I guess it's hard for people, especially agreeable people like Dreher, Douthat etc to abandon mainstream society's formulation of what's good and virtuous even if it conflicts with their professed belief system.
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It's hilarious because the virtues that Dreher supposedly values are now seen as almost cardinal offenses by the same people whose moral system he insists on upholding
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