But what have we conserved?

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But what have we conserved?

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"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types—the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution."

G.K. Chesterton - England 1924

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One might call this, the conservative case against conservativism.

"To borrow from Machiavelli, the “effectual truth” of conservative pusillanimity about the right of revolution is perpetual self-subjugation to tyranny. “Weasels, compromisers, mediocrities, and losers” indeed."

"It is the office of prudent men to discern when things are bad enough that action is justified, or even obligatory, and to devise a plan propitious of success."

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hedgehog wrote: September 27th, 2022, 11:18 am
perpetual self-subjugation to tyranny.
What the true church has become since a pious fraud was first perpetrated upon us.

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hedgehog wrote: September 27th, 2022, 11:18 am "The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types—the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution."
This pretty much sums up modern American conservatism: "Dems are the real racists", "there is only one race, the human race".
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A thought as I drove through Virginia today. Nowadays, if a company wanted to mine or collect natural resources, they have to "not leave a trace" and invest in a miriad of reclamation efforts such as spraying seeds and covering up the mine.

When our ancestors did it over 100 years ago, it is now considered a "historical national monument". A beloved relic of the past.

Why do we hate our modern selves so much?

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Environmental Agents in Hazmat Suits caught Poisoning Fish in New Brunswick River | Sept 8th 2022 this is a video on utube . . .

hundreds of thousands of fish dead across the world but no reason or a few poor reasons. why don't they check for fish poison in the water?

last days prophecy

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the evidence ended up on the fisherman's jeans . . . wonder if it will end up in the city water system

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EvanLM wrote: October 4th, 2022, 4:08 pm Environmental Agents in Hazmat Suits caught Poisoning Fish in New Brunswick River | Sept 8th 2022 this is a video on utube . . .

hundreds of thousands of fish dead across the world but no reason or a few poor reasons. why don't they check for fish poison in the water?

last days prophecy
I read on KSL a few months ago that they are doing this in Utah. So we can assume it's happening all over North America. Unbelievably evil.

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