"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Conservatism = The Love of War

I was going to blog about the disproportionate number of war movies in National Review's top conservative moves, but Daniel Larison beat me to it. And these aren't merely war movies but movies that glorify war. They arne't finished with the list yet, but I doubt that "All Quiet on the Western Front" or "The Americanization of Emily," which may be the greatest libertarian movie ever made, will make the list.

So much for conservatism as a political philosphy that celebrates commercial culture and bourgeois values.

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