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“Economic leveling is not economic progress.”
- Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind
People with some power will use their power to get more power.
I believe that we must not forget a crucial part of conservatism that is often overlooked: the “Belief in a transcendent order, or body of natural law, which rules society as well as conscience.” It seems many conservatives have given up fighting for a spiritual perspective that recognizes Providence’s place in the world. I think we should, at times, attempt to elevate debate to a higher level because “political problems, at bottom, are religious and moral problems.”
This is the same fight Edmund Burke embraced 200 years ago. Radicalism at the end of the 18th century argued that “if there is divine authority in the universe, it differs sharply in its nature from the Christian idea of God…man naturally is benevolent, generous, healthy-souled, but in this age is corrupt by institutions.” Burke “conceded his enemies not one premise. He began and ended his campaign for the conservation of society upon the grand design of piety; in his reverent eyes, the whole of earthily reality was an expression of a moral order.” Do we need to focus on “legislating morality”(whatever that means)? Probably not. However, neglecting the fight for Christian principles is an invitation, that the left will not decline, to legislate immorality. It is time for conservatives to humbly defend an eternal perspective that is increasingly unpopular in our world of radical change.
