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Entry: After Paleoconservatism (II) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/after_paleoconservatism_ii#24910 Post contents: But is restorationism even possible? This is a little like Marxists arguing with Anarchists about whether the urban proletariat or the rural peasants will revolt and destroy the private property system, without stopping to ask if there has ever been a society without private property. Conservatives are supposed to orient their political goals in concrete historical experience. I'm still curious if there has ever been a successful traditionalist restoration in the Christian West? The only way I see this kind of restoration taking place is through a massive catastrophe, such as a world wide financial collapse, nuclear war, massive plague, etc. that destroys the major political and cultural institutions. Even in such a scenario, there is no guarantee that we'll have medieval Catholic villages rising from the rubble. Sent at: 2008 07 24