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An American Manifesto
by Christopher Chantrill
Crisis of the Administrative State
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Government and the Technology of Force
If you scratch a reformer, you will likely discover a plan for more government
Business, Slavery and Trust
Business is all about trust and relationship.
Humanity’s Big Problem: Freeloaders
The modern welfare state encourages freeloaders.
The Bonds of Faith
No society known to anthropology or history has lacked religion.
A Critique of Human Mechanics
When governments tried to govern on mechanical principles.
The Paradox of Individualism
People that believe in individualism experience individualism as an advanced form of socialization.
From Multitude to Civil Society
Softening the hard edge of instrumental reason.
The Answer is Civil Society
Civil Society: the joint development of the market, civil society, and nationalism.
The Greater Separation of Powers
If you want to limit power you must limit power.
Conservatism Three by Three
Balancing tradition with adapting to changing times.
Imagining a Culture of Involvement
You must suggest an alternative.
The Poor Without the Welfare State
What would happen to the poor without a welfare state?
The Middle Class Without the Welfare State
Can the middle class thrive without the supervision of the welfare state?
Liberals and the Welfare State
Liberals ought to be equal to the task of living lives of creative endeavor without political power.
From Freeloaders to Free Givers
But are we too wedded to freeloading?
The Real Meaning of Society
Broadening the horizon of cooperation in the “last best hope of man on earth.”
Why We Fight
We must fight for our “shining city on a hill”
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A Commoner Manifesto
Commoners of America Unite!
Chappies
“But I saw a man yesterday who knows a fellow who had it from a chappie
that said that Urquhart had been dipping himself a bit recklessly off the deep end.”
—Freddy Arbuthnot
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
Hugo on Genius
“Tear down theory, poetic systems... No more rules, no more models... Genius conjures up
rather than learns... ” —Victor Hugo
César Graña, Bohemian versus Bourgeois
Education
“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State
Faith & Purpose
“When we began first to preach these things, the people appeared as awakened from the sleep of ages—they seemed to see for the first time that they were responsible beings...”
Finke, Stark, The Churching of America, 1776-1990
Conversion
“When we received Christ,” Phil added, “all of a sudden we now had a rule book to go by, and when we had problems the preacher was right there to give us the answers.”
James M. Ault, Jr., Spirit and Flesh
Postmodernism
A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ’merely relative’, is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.
Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy
Faith and Politics
As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person, and she is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable...
[1.] protection of life in all its stages, from the first moment of conception until natural death; [2.] recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family... [3.] the protection of the right of parents to educate their children.
Pope Benedict XVI, Speech to European Peoples Party, 2006
China and Christianity
At first, we thought [the power of the West] was because you had more powerful guns than we had. Then we thought it was because you had the best political system. Next we focused on your economic system. But in the past twenty years, we have realized that the heart of your culture is your religion: Christianity.
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing
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