Sunday, January 27, 2013

The error of Straussian neoconservatism


Contrary to Burke, Leo Strauss seems to have rated classical natural rights over traditionalism (classical conservatism). But when we see through the fog of abstract Platonic ideas, we see that natural rights grounded in natural law actually leads to volkish traditions, which allowed humans to survive and reproduce more successfully than other forms of social behavior. 

What we have to worry about is not local conservative traditions but imperialistic states, or coercive, one-race hyper-behavior, which runs counter to the independent variety of groups and small states that natural law and evolution prefer. This invalidates the marauding by neoconservatives over local traditions all over the world. Elites do naturally rise but they are local elites, hopefully not Plato's totalitarian Guardians, or the modern Straussian version of this, which William Kristol and his friends seem to think they are.

I also believe that natural law affirms the instinctive Spirit-Will that activates life, which is then shaped by evolution---this means that our evolution toward Godhood is in harmony with natural law, but that is another topic.

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