'but rather to demonstrate how bankrupt the conservative intellectual world has become.'
It's the inevitable outcome when the primary tool of conservative 'thought' is arguing from vapid moral opinions, with little regard empirical evidence, ie basic irrationality.
Conservative 'intellectualism' has been an exercise in trying to figure out…
'but rather to demonstrate how bankrupt the conservative intellectual world has become.'
It's the inevitable outcome when the primary tool of conservative 'thought' is arguing from vapid moral opinions, with little regard empirical evidence, ie basic irrationality.
Conservative 'intellectualism' has been an exercise in trying to figure out how to enforce 'proper morality', often self-serving, onto people with a complete avoidance of real-world considerations.
I bring this up, because there's no reviving conservative 'intellectualism' *in governance*, and I feel like TheBulwark wants to back to the same old approaches, without acknowledging it will lead to the same exact problems we have today.
'but rather to demonstrate how bankrupt the conservative intellectual world has become.'
It's the inevitable outcome when the primary tool of conservative 'thought' is arguing from vapid moral opinions, with little regard empirical evidence, ie basic irrationality.
Conservative 'intellectualism' has been an exercise in trying to figure out how to enforce 'proper morality', often self-serving, onto people with a complete avoidance of real-world considerations.
I bring this up, because there's no reviving conservative 'intellectualism' *in governance*, and I feel like TheBulwark wants to back to the same old approaches, without acknowledging it will lead to the same exact problems we have today.