A Conservatism Triptych
Let’s tell a story in three parts.
As I was describing a set of essays I was pondering, my spouse told me I was describing a triptych. An interesting notion, I thought; so, I present these three essays as a triptych (a tale in three parts). I present, therefore, what I see as two key weaknesses of Conservatism as practiced (the two outer panels) with an overarching center panel integrating the two concepts. Will this work? I leave it to my reader.
First, I present the whining, pitiful self-centered nature of Conservatism (the left-most panel) here:
Conservatism: A legacy of Whining
I present the fundamental preoccupation of Conservatism with its repeated failure (the right-most panel) here:
Conservatism: A Philosophy of Failure
Finally, I integrate (the center panel) here:
Let us Progressives practice Conservatism as defined. Let us conserve and husband every aspect of our society that makes sense. Let us repudiate and replace that which has failed the test. Let us experiment and risk loss and recover and innovate. Let us be stalwart and true in our pursuit of progress.
Julian S. Taylor is the author of Famine in the Bullpen a book about bringing innovation back to software engineering.
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