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Entry: A Theory of the Interventionist Class Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/a_theory_of_the_interventionist_class#25294 Post contents: Red, “I think you my be on the wrong forum. Paleos generally reject that sort of American exceptionalism. We should not act out of some hubristic belief in our superiority. We should simply act in our own self interests.” It seems to me that the two are not unrelated. A people who believes in their superiority will be far more willing to act in their own self-interest than a people who do not. It is when we subscribe to the equalitarian politics of the Left that we find ourselves embracing universalism and the subsequent devaluing of American self-interest. I wish it were true that we could simply act in our own self-interest without any further moral justification than the desire to survive and prosper, but the reality we face in trying to convince Americans to look out for their own is that most Americans are good people who feel empathy for all mankind and they thus need a stronger moral justification to act in their self-interest when that self-interest conflicts with the interests of others. Unfortunately, not even Darwinian arguments that everyone is better off when everyone is competing does the trick. No, it will only be through the recognition that mankind is better off when Western Man is on top that we will truly be able to do what is necessary to preserve and advance our self-interest. To say that we should simply act in our own self-interest is not enough because this fails to address the important question of how to get Americans to want to do this. Many Americans think they want to do this, but have been socially engineered to believe that self-interest is served through advancing the interests of others. It is therefore the duty of those like you and me to alter this false conclusion in the minds of Americans. Sent at: 2008 07 24