Popular democracy is, as I have argued, an essential part of the theory of modern conservatism. I just recognize that it is of less value as an end in itself than, say, individual liberty or fundamental human rights. Do you? https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/03/not-everyone-should-be-made-to-vote/ … https://thefederalist.com/2015/11/16/conservatisms-essential-element-is-experience/ …https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1381684699681206275 …
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What I believe in is, essentially, the classical liberal order championed by Abraham Lincoln. Democracy is one of the components of that, but it has never been the only one.
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Democracy may or may not be pure majoritarianism, but if you acknowledge the legitimacy of *any* restraints on majorities, Chait's demagogic attack on the conservative critique dissolves. All we're saying is that our system isn't & shouldn't be 100% pure majoritarianism.https://twitter.com/jbview/status/1381694474049486854 …
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Black Americans in 1890: US population: 11.9% Georgia 46.7% Alabama 44.8% Florida 42.5% Virginia 38.4% North Carolina 34.7% DC 32.8% Arkansas 27.4% Tennessee 24.4% Texas 21.8% Kentucky 14.4% Missouri 5.6% West Virginia 4.3% Majority in only 3 states. https://twitter.com/mikeduncan/status/1381701082628419591 …
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I suppose one can argue that Jim Crow only ever actually existed in Mississippi, South Carolina, and Louisiana, but you need a pretty strange definition of Jim Crow for that to be true.
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Anyway, in the American system, the majority always wins in the long run, if it is sufficiently united & determined. Which is as it should be. And the people yelling at me today will be back tomorrow defending undemocratic rule by activist judges & unelected bureaucrats.
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The great thing about being a conservative is not having to adopt a bunch of inconsistent, situational stances about our system based on who's in office or what we're trying to sell to whom on a given day.
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It must be so easy to just lump everything you disagree with into a neat little pile and call it conservatism. I know there are people on the right that do the same thing with liberalism, but
@baseballcrank is def. not one of those. This is such a lazy and unfounded attack.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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When you say "democracy is of less value than fundamental human rights" - property rights are at the tippity top (by far) of those fundamental human rights, no?
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No, but we recognize that without property rights, there is no true safety for the more permanent things - the freedom of religion, speech, thought.
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Here's the thing: At some point, you'd gladly trade in some democracy in exchange for avoiding higher marginal taxes on the wealthy.
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This is what happens when you have a view of taxation that is not fundamentally different than "taxation is theft!"
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