[MD] Value and the Individual

[Christoffer Ivarsson]

>> 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.

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

Overview books. That present the history of Europe and the world. The 
development of political philosophy is also presented there. The relevant 
parts, those that had an impact on things. I am not sure how the material 
looks in the department of political science.   That is not within the 
Faculty of Humanities.

>> 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.

Platt:
> Have you ever been to America?

Yes. So has most of the people I work and study with. Our picture of America 
is pretty similar in all relevant aspects.