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Entry: Confessions of a Bitter Old Reactionary Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/confessions_of_a_bitter_old_reactionary#23675 Post contents: <i>The state is absolutely rational inasmuch as it is the actuality of the substantial will which it possesses in the particular self-consciousness once that consciousness has been raised to consciousness of its universality. This substantial unity is an absolute unmoved end in itself, in which freedom comes into its supreme right. On the other hand this final end has supreme right against the individual, whose supreme duty is to be a member of the state. - Hegel, Philosophy of the Right</i> <i>real conservatives should kick the “libertarians” out of their movement.</i> I hope that the Libertarians leave of their own accord. Joe Populist's description of Conservatism as a mixed/command economy is in the tradition of Bismark, and is spot on. State intervention in social affairs as per Pat Buchanan, and economic affairs as per Ralph Nader is a good approximation of that tradition. What does Libertarianism have to do with this? This ongoing experiment in fusionism is tanking - and the reactionaries are reverting to true form. Justin, I think that you should get a few evening stints behind the counter at <a href="http://www.boundtogetherbooks.com/">Bound Together Books</a>. Mix it up a bit. Sent at: 2008 07 20