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Re: I agree with Gov Romney

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Wed, 31 Oct 12 2:30 AM | 70 view(s)
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Burke is the one to read if you are leaning towards conservatism.

Burke is why I talk about the rate of change. This is the key to considering whether a country is functioning as well as it might.

I think he identified the right problem. But working out how to permit change (so as to accommodate a changing landscape) while preserving what is good about existing structures is a hard problem. You can go too fast. You can go too slow.

I think the proper role of parties is to argue about progress. One side must be the slow coach. The other the speedster.

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Re: I agree with Gov Romney
By: xcslewis in ALEA
Wed, 31 Oct 12 2:20 AM 		Msg. 11173 of 54959

Hi alea,

I'll try not to swear in the future.

Burke is on my reading list. I recently finished Common Sense & The Age of Reason.

Then I got distracted what I thought originally was a outrageous comment about Lincoln, only to find upon investigation my perception of Lincoln was entirely wrong. So given limited time too many great minds to investigate I am flummuxed on my next pursuit.

Paine was a great read but apparently he and Burke were at odds.

Maybe I am a some sort of odd libertarian -conservative conglomeration.


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