The reactionary mindCorey Robin
The reactionary mind
by Corey Robin · first published 2018
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Late in life, William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "boring," said the founding father of the American right. "Devoting your life to it," as conservatives do, "is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex." With this unlikely conversation began Robin's decade-long foray into the conservative mind. What is conservatism, and what's truly at stake for its proponents? If capitalism bores them, what excites them? In [this book], Robin traces conservatism back to its roots in the reaction against the French Revolution. He argues that the right was ins
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…conservatives do business, it’s worth investigating. Start here: https://youtu.be/MAbab8aP4_A When you need to expand your knowledge beyond YouTube videos I’d recommend this book: https://www.amazon.com/Reactionary-Mind-Conservatism-Edmund-... A conservative plea for “common ground” is very similar to a mind game explained here: https://youtu.be/YOqJ4sc9TAc
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on “We Still Need Howard Zinn” ↗This book mostly agrees with you, but would claim even at the beginning it was a counter-reaction: The Reactionary Mind - Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reactionary_Mind
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