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Category Archives: Political Philosophy
The “Virus” of Revolutionism
The “Virus” of Revolutionism – has infected modern civilizations since the time of the Jacobins of the French Revolution, and threatens the U.S. today. Continue reading
Posted in Chile and Its Future, Coronavirus, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged American founding, American revolution, Anthony Fauci, antifa, Bill Gates, Black Lives Matter, Chile protests 2019, Coronavirus, Coronavirus and New World Order, Covid and New World Order, Covid-19, Enlightenment and Jacobinism, French Revolution, global elites, globalism, Globalism and Covid, Jacobinism, Jacobins, Paul Craig Roberts, René Descartes, Revolution, Technocracy, Technocrats, Viruses, World Economic Forum Technocracy
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Edmund Burke (But Were Afraid To Ask For Fear You’d Be Called a Fascist).
Another workaround due to censorship of the parent site. Highly recommended introduction to intellectual conservatism’s most important modern founding father. Continue reading
From Affirmative Action to Cancel Culture: Americans, You Were Warned
Slightly over 30 years ago, some of us warned anyone who would listen that the political correctness then emerging was dangerous and would spread to every institution in the country if it was not opposed. We were ignored, or called racists. Now, everything we predicted has happened, and we find not just historical monuments but history itself being canceled little by little Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Language, Media, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged affirmative action, antifa, Bakke decision, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter Marxism, cancel culture, Christina Hoff Sommers, Civil Wrongs, feminism and Marxism, gender feminism, George Soros, globalism, Griggs decision, political correctness, post-truth, race realism
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Basic Conservative Principles, Part 1
What is conservatism today? This two part essay tries to answer that question. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged conservatism, conservative, conservative basic principles, conservative basics, conservative philosophy, conservative political philosophy, constrained vs unconstrained vision, introduction to conservatism, principles of conservatism, Russell Kirk, Thomas Sowell
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Harper’s Cancel Culture Letter Is an Indicator Where Present Cultural and Intellectual Dialogue Stands — It’s Been Canceled!
Harper’s July 7 Cancel Culture Letter is an important indicator of where present cultural and intellectual dialogue stands — there isn’t any! It’s been canceled! Continue reading
Thomas Sowell Revisited: Constrained versus Unconstrained Visions
Back in 1987 Thomas Sowell published his important book A Conflict of Visions which distinguished constrained from unconstrained visions. With the unconstrained vision of the radical far-left in evidence everywhere in today’s “cancel culture,” never has the time been better for a rediscovery of this important work. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Political Economy, Political Philosophy
Tagged A Conflict of Visions, affirmative action, antifa, Black Lives Matter, cancel culture, constrained vs unconstrained visions, liberal welfare state, systemic racism, Thomas Sowell, welfare state, white privilege
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Leopold Kohr: the Political Philosopher / Economist Who Predicted the Rise of the U.S. Empire & Police State
Who was Leopold Kohr, and does his work matter today? Kohr (1909 – 1994), about whom I’ve written at greater length here, was both a trained economist and political philosopher. His background included obtaining doctorates at the University of Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged capitalism vs. socialism, CIA, economics, Francis Fukuyama, global capitalism criticisms, Guatemala, interventionism, Leopold Kohr, Mossadegh overthrow, predatory corporations, Size Theory of Social Misery, The Breakdown of Nations, The End of History, U.S. Empire, U.S. foreign policy
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Globalism: Optimism, Pessimism, and Dystopian Visions. (Part Two.)
It gives me a certain gratitude to be able to introduce the first post on Lost Generation Philosopher the bulk of which was written by someone other than myself. Dean Allen — author (see Allen 2012*), longstanding Republican Party activist and … Continue reading
The Art of the Argument: Stefan Molyneux’s Book Reviewed on LGP
(Note: co-posted as a product review on Amazon.com with the necessary modifications.) Stefan Molyneux, The Art of the Argument: Western Civilization’s Last Stand (Kindle Edition, Amazon Digital Services LLC: August 27, 2017). Pp. 172 / kb 299. This book was panned on … Continue reading
