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Entry: After Paleoconservatism (II) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/after_paleoconservatism_ii#24985 Post contents: Some replies to Mr. Richert. There's nothing contradictory about using centralized media to preach decentralization, any more than it's contradictory for libertarian professors to preach privatization in state universities. Again, I'm not suggesting that anyone try to take over Fox News or Harvard University, any more than Gramsci wanted the Communists to try to take over the Catholic Church. On Tate's "by violence", I don't doubt that it echoes the verse from Matthew. But the subsequent paragraphs make it clear that he's talking about the necessity of "violent" (he re-uses the word) means--means which are antithetical to the desired end. That's what I'm talking about too. On your long-term project of building a new elite "from the ground up", well, call it lack of faith, but I'm skeptical of any project whose success depends on your grandchildren teaching your great-grandchildren not to shop at Wal-Mart. By all means, build and care for your family and community because it's the right thing to do, but don't expect to grow a new elite a few generations down the line. Sent at: 2008 07 24