The same old revolutionary canards may find new purchase in a battered middle class. The post Democratic Stupidities of America appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Takimag Democratic Stupidities of America The same old revolutionary canards may find new purchase in a battered middle class. TakiMag Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images A friend of mine, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, wrote a seminal book on democracy some time ago called Democracy: The God That Failed. It is revisionist in nature, and reaches the conclusion that monarchy is a lesser evil than democracy. After my take last week on the British monarchy, I might not be the right person to comment on his views, but I do have an excuse. I only mentioned the…Open
Everyone reading this has heard someone say, “Fake it until you make it.” That concept stems from the work of brilliant psychologists such as William James and Alfred Adler. The idea is that if you act AS IF you have traits like confidence or bravery long enough, you will start actually to embody them. This can be true. In fact, I’ve told people struggling to handle a situation to try to envision themselves acting like someone they admire in that situation. For example, if you’re a young conservative woman who admires Sydney Sweeney or Sophie Cunningham and you’re struggling to talk to people at a conference, try to behave like you imagine they would in the same situation. Suddenly you may find yourself chatting easily with…Open
Jonathan Haidt is a left-of-center social psychologist I’ve referenced a number of times before because he has done some amazing work on the moral differences between conservatives and liberals. Basically, Haidt would say that you can break morality down into six areas: 1) Care/Harm 2) Fairness/Cheating 3) Liberty/Oppression 4) Loyalty/Betrayal 5) Authority/Subversion 6) Sanctity/Degradation According to Haidt, the liberal sense of morality (ahem, such as it is) revolves around the first three areas in that list – care/harm, fairness/cheating, and liberty/oppression, while conservatives tend to weigh all six factors. Because conservatives get all six factors, while liberals only really care about three of them, this leads to…Open
A Dallas ISD police officer was critically injured after being shot by an illegal alien he found walking on a highway median.
A Dallas ISD police officer was critically injured after being shot by an illegal alien he found walking on a highway median. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Jose Pantoja-Morales has been charged with shooting Dallas Independent School District (ISD) Police Department officer Justin Jones, who had offered him a ride after finding him walking on a highway median. The illegal alien shot Jones in the leg with his own gun after a struggle, leaving him critically injured. DETAIL: Officer Jones, a 16-year police veteran, responded to a call about a man walking on a highway median in Far North Dallas on August 6. Pantoja-Morales, who had been offered a ride to a nearby Walmart, entered Jones’s patrol car, but began resisting when the officer…Open
AI:In a chilling example of the lawlessness resulting from open borders, Jose Pantoja-Morales, an illegal alien, has been charged with aggravated assault on a public servant after shooting Dallas ISD Police Officer Justin Jones. During a patrol on August 6, the veteran officer discovered Pantoja-Morales walking along a highway median and offered him a ride to a nearby Walmart; however, the encounter turned violent when the suspect began resisting and managed to seize the officer's firearm during a struggle. The assailant shot Jones in the femoral artery, leaving the officer critically injured and requiring emergency surgery to save his life. Pantoja-Morales fled the scene but was later apprehended following a police chase and is currently…Open
The Italian government has criticized Spain's decision to impose border checks on people arriving from Italy, after Italy temporarily suspended free movement with Spain in response to the Ceuta migrant crisis.
The European Union’s internal crisis over border controls has intensified, with Spain responding to Italy’s decision to suspend its free movement agreement with the country with new border checks on Italians. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Italian government has criticized Spain’s decision to impose border checks on people arriving from Italy, after Italy temporarily suspended free movement with Spain in response to the Ceuta migrant crisis . DETAIL: After Italy’s temporarily suspended its Schengen Area agreement with the country, Spain checked 199 travelers on 12 flights arriving from Italy at six major airports. The Schengen Area is an open borders zone comprised of 29 European countries, the overwhelming majority of which are…Open
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is telling his own party that the Democratic Socialists of America are trying to hijack the Democratic brand, and he wants them shown the door. The New Jersey Democrat, a leader of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, went on Fox News Sunday to deliver […] The post Gottheimer draws a line: Democratic Socialists aren't Democrats and aren't welcome appeared first on American Almanac .
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is telling his own party that the Democratic Socialists of America are trying to hijack the Democratic brand, and he wants them shown the door. The New Jersey Democrat, a leader of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, went on Fox News Sunday to deliver a blunt message: DSA members are not Democrats, their values clash with the party's, and they should start their own organization instead of borrowing the Democratic label to push what he called a communist, anti-American, open-borders agenda. His remarks landed the same weekend the DSA held its Socialists Summit in Chicago, where convention footage captured members voicing support for the Communist Manifesto, Russian…Open
The Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair went on Fox News Sunday and calmly affirmed her organization's platform, abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and national borders, while the Democratic Party struggles to contain a socialist wing it helped create. Megan Romer, the DSA's national co-chair, sat across from host Shannon Bream and answered a series […] The post DSA co-chair confirms platform to abolish Senate, ICE, borders, and prisons on national television appeared first on American Almanac .
The Democratic Socialists of America's national co-chair went on Fox News Sunday and calmly affirmed her organization's platform, abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and national borders, while the Democratic Party struggles to contain a socialist wing it helped create. Megan Romer, the DSA's national co-chair, sat across from host Shannon Bream and answered a series of direct questions about the organization's official positions. Abolish the Senate? "True," Romer said. Abolish ICE? Yes. Abolish prisons? Yes. Eliminate national borders? Yes. Defund the Pentagon? Yes. Grant amnesty to every person living in the country illegally? Yes. Shift most large corporations to public ownership? Yes. Replace the presidency and the Supreme Court?…Open