Without doubt, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. His observations and analyses of politics and culture are incredibly astute. He nails academia, Obama, and the mass media perfectly as synergistic subversives of American exceptionalism.
’The moral foundation of dominance’? I believe he conflated -or refused to recognize the distinction between- morally leading by example, and immorally dominating by force.
He criticizes the European welfare state, while advocating welfare for the military industrial complex in the US. It would’ve been good to hear him reason from fundamental moral principles, like nonaggression and property rights (think taxation, regulation, and victimless so-called crimes), the characteristics that made America preeminent and exceptional, and that she has turned her back on.
Without doubt, one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. His observations and analyses of politics and culture are incredibly astute. He nails academia, Obama, and the mass media perfectly as synergistic subversives of American exceptionalism.
I miss Krauthammer and his poignant and biting insight.
So do I
’The moral foundation of dominance’?
I believe he conflated -or refused to recognize the distinction between- morally leading by example, and immorally dominating by force.
He criticizes the European welfare state, while advocating welfare for the military industrial complex in the US.
It would’ve been good to hear him reason from fundamental moral principles, like nonaggression and property rights (think taxation, regulation, and victimless so-called crimes), the characteristics that made America preeminent and exceptional, and that she has turned her back on.