[MD] Value and the Individual

[Platt Holden]

> Chris:
> >> So you think that it should be required that every opinion have exactly
> >> the same amount of people supporting it?
> 
> Platt:
> > No. But the major modern political philosophies ought to get equal time.
> 
> They do.  but what you speak for isn't a "major modern political philosophy
> " It is a retarded historical anomaly. Much like nationalism. Nonetheless,
> when the political development of Europe and the world is presented in an
> overview in the history classes, conservatism is presented the same way
> everything else is.

Can you be more specific as to how conservatism is presented. For instance, 
what books are required reading that present the conservative view?

> But then, conservatism isn't a real philosophy as such, only a reactionary
> movement, and as for the politics you stand for - well, we know America has
> nutjobs, the whole world knows that,  so, that a political agenda that was
> abandoned about a 100 years ago in most of the developed world is still in
> play... Well, no one is surprised.  You'll keep on thinking freedom is
> something that you have monopoly on and can be brought to be with your guns,
> and you will keep thinking that it's okay for that single mom and her sons
> to die starving in the gutter for the sake of the "American Dream" We really
> don't have much hope for you. 

Have you ever been to America?

Regards,
Platt



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