conservatism has long been surrounded by an enormous shimmering halo of pseudo-philosophy

Frank Wilhoit: ‘Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”’

What I have taken advantage of is what so many, many, many, many other people have taken advantage of, which is today the total disintermediation of the public discourse. There is no longer any gatekeeping whatsoever.

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