Jul 25, 2022Liked by Titus Techera, Pavlos L Papadopoulos
One (Manentian-inspired) comment: all of western politics is an ongoing effort to conjugate two things: the common and the truth; the universal and the particular. Therefore, I worry about throwing away the bathwater with the baby.
The only way forward is indeed manliness. Otherwise, everything is an idea: Place is an idea, the person is an idea; creed is an idea, culture is an idea; history is an idea, too.
The open secret in America is, nobody cares about ideas, they just want to get certain things done, & that requires passive consent, which an audience can give to a speech.
Active consent &, indeed, human action--what a mountain, what a climb, & how few people who wish to have the commanding view of things... Yet, as you say, it's somehow possible to see in the transformation of education a desire for something more human, as well as in other shows of spirited resistance to despotism.
One (Manentian-inspired) comment: all of western politics is an ongoing effort to conjugate two things: the common and the truth; the universal and the particular. Therefore, I worry about throwing away the bathwater with the baby.
The only way forward is indeed manliness. Otherwise, everything is an idea: Place is an idea, the person is an idea; creed is an idea, culture is an idea; history is an idea, too.
The open secret in America is, nobody cares about ideas, they just want to get certain things done, & that requires passive consent, which an audience can give to a speech.
Active consent &, indeed, human action--what a mountain, what a climb, & how few people who wish to have the commanding view of things... Yet, as you say, it's somehow possible to see in the transformation of education a desire for something more human, as well as in other shows of spirited resistance to despotism.
Very good. A little pushback allowed you to further clarify your thought and your intent. Dialectical progress.
Next challenge/opportunity: distinguish your position from Sam Huntington's (and James Ceasar's reply to him).