When I was younger I used to blame the belief system of our educated strata for why the system seems to be running without guardrails or constraint.....why things that would secure stability were called "backwards" or "reactionary" or recognition that the guardrails existed for a reason.....in particular the ideological faith in "Progress" (the telological view of history , where things are destined to improve and the lessons of history are behind us)
But now I'm closer to the view you hinted at 👇
"These are not ideological choices. They are temperamental ones"
That our upper and middle strata of society (especially since the post-war period of relative abundance) temperamentally is less concerned with stability and risk assessment..... especially at the collective level.
I also dug your Madison quote which reminded me of Freidrich List (who as I understand it Madison influenced)
There was also a lot in here which I never thought about before, thank you
Another brilliant piece 👍
When I was younger I used to blame the belief system of our educated strata for why the system seems to be running without guardrails or constraint.....why things that would secure stability were called "backwards" or "reactionary" or recognition that the guardrails existed for a reason.....in particular the ideological faith in "Progress" (the telological view of history , where things are destined to improve and the lessons of history are behind us)
But now I'm closer to the view you hinted at 👇
"These are not ideological choices. They are temperamental ones"
That our upper and middle strata of society (especially since the post-war period of relative abundance) temperamentally is less concerned with stability and risk assessment..... especially at the collective level.
I also dug your Madison quote which reminded me of Freidrich List (who as I understand it Madison influenced)
There was also a lot in here which I never thought about before, thank you
Thanks Bucky - always good to know my thinking isn’t too wayward and anachronistic.