Conservatism is and has been a bankrupt ideology. Brooks, Will and Bush are the same fruit of that poisonous tree.
"Q: What is conservatism?
A: Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy.
Q: What is wrong with conservatism?
A: Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world."
I would urge people to read the rest of this article at:
http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/conservatism.html
It lays out exactly what it is and why it should be defeated and thrown upon the ash heap of history.
Another train of thought along the same lines from The Conceptual Guerilla:
"When you cut right through it, right-wing ideology is just "dime-store economics" – intended to dress their ideology up and make it look respectable. You don’t really need to know much about economics to understand it. They certainly don’t. It all gets down to two simple words.
"Cheap labor". That’s their whole philosophy in a nutshell – which gives you a short and pithy "catch phrase" that describes them perfectly. You’ve heard of "big-government liberals". Well they’re "cheap-labor conservatives".
"Cheap-labor conservative" is a moniker they will never shake, and never live down. Because it’s exactly what they are. You see, cheap-labor conservatives are defenders of corporate America – whose fortunes depend on labor. The larger the labor supply, the cheaper it is. The more desperately you need a job, the cheaper you’ll work, and the more power those "corporate lords" have over you. If you are a wealthy elite – or a "wannabe" like most dittoheads – your wealth, power and privilege is enhanced by a labor pool, forced to work cheap."
http://conceptualguerilla.com/essays/defeat-the-right-in-three-minutes/
Read these articles and you will understand the true nature of the beasts and how to defeat them.
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