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Entry: The New Takimag Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_new_takimag#18728 Post contents: Yes, I have been a communitarian since my undergraduate days at Auburn. In recent years, as I have watched the degeneration of America continue unabated, I have grown progressively more radical. My "generic authoritarianism" is a pragmatic response to emergency circumstances (social disintegration), not a timeless ideal. I have accepted the fact that a strong hand is necessary to reign in capitalism and sweep out the garbage that has accumulated under liberal democracy. Gradual reform through mainstream channels is no longer an option at this point. The demographics are too far gone. Given enough time, say, a decade of watching the GOP drift further to the left on cultural issues, or the floor blowing out from underneath the dollar, you will accept that conclusion yourself. Conservatives were never serious about fighting liberalism. American conservatism itself is a mere restatement of classical liberalism. These people put the nation-wrecking, community destroying "free market" up on a pedestal; the very logic of which (the contract) has invaded, colonized, and reordered the family, in addition to undermining traditional gender roles. They generally agree with the ideal of Freedom-Equality-Tolerance being sold to us by the Left. I never see conservatives pointing out that pornography or abortion are profitable businesses, or that they are rationalized by appeals to "liberty of the individual." It's always government that is the enemy. In all fairness, they do make a few good points there. I'm really not a Nazi or a Communist. I just see both as being less of a threat to Western survival than the "happy death" that comes with Americanism (liberal capitalist democracy). It's more insidious and subversive than old fashioned totalitarianism ever was. Say what you want about Fascists, but at least they could reproduce themselves. They also figured out that the people were worthy of preservation and rejected ontological individualism. But enough of that. If you wish to debate these issues, you know where to find me. Sent at: 2008 11 21