Tuesday, March 15, 2016
How to affirm both the Constitution and sociobiology, and remain a patriot
I don't think we need to choose between
the two streams of the political thinking of the Founders of our
Constitution, as described by historian Larry Schweikart. I think the
original political philosophy of the United States is a syntheses of
both, states rights/localism (think of Jefferson) and the English
Whig tradition of a central government controlled by Congress ( think
of Burke and Hamilton).
Both streams believed in the
separation of powers and states, limited government, private
property, individual accountability, low taxation, charity, and not
going abroad in search of taming monsters. Mercantilism would be de-emphasized (ie.
businesses existing to advance state interests) but tariffs to
protect and advance the manufacturing interests of the independent
states, and having a central bank would be affirmed.
I de-emphasize, but not reject,
the libertarian strain of individualism, because we now see that
group-selection has been primary over individual selection in
successful survival and reproduction, as shown by the evolutionary
sciences, most recently by sociobiology. Group-selection really means the
preference for kin and ethnic-selection, which can balance and
harmonize with the constitutional separation of powers and states, so this need not be a radical change---although it may require the sacking of political correctness (cultural Marxism).
Ethnopluralism with regions and states
set aside (gradually) for distinct ethnic cultures, will greatly slow
the social disruptions of ethnic conflicts now increasing, while
remaining within the legal constitutional tradition of the United
States. We can continue to love our country as patriots while more
closely following real human nature.
Which candidate for president at this
time affirms this political perspective? It will come if we are to survive and prosper.
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