“Free speech, rightly understood is a lesser form of combat intended to preserve peace, which is to say, a form of invasive coercion that cannot be otherwise. It is combat with purpose, with social utility, and its value is social. In other words it is a contingent liberty designed to have a social benefit. But in the modern context it is reinterpreted individualistically, so that it becomes a special prerogative of individuals which they claim for themselves alone without regard to any social good. Free speech is ‘my right’ and is defended not because it is better for everyone in the long run but because it is something I am allowed to do and no one can stop me.” IndividualismFreedom Of SpeechConservatismModernityModernismNatural Rights Book:This Dark Age - 2024 Edition - Volume 2: The Confrontation Between Man and Evil Source: This Dark Age - 2024 Edition - Volume 2: The Confrontation Between Man and Evil
“Modern man is an island, in a historical sense. Every society born of revolution is an island, and it is an island that floats, like a thin film on the surface of history. He is always moving, disconnected from all that came before him, and never holding still long enough to strike the roots necessary to pass something on to those who will come after.” RevolutionTraditionModernityRootlessness Book:The Case Against the Modern World: A Crash Course in Traditionalist Thought Source: The Case Against the Modern World: A Crash Course in Traditionalist Thought