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Paul Perrone's avatar

The non-Christian right’s fascination with Nietzche is a warning sign. The focus on strength without an overarching Christian ethic is a road to disaster. For those Christians abandoning politics this is not the time. If there ever was.

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Lysander Spooner's avatar

I'm not sure how to feel about the post-Christian right piece. Part of me feels the schadenfreude of the Left getting their wish good and hard. Another part wonders whether there was something horribly wrong with the kind of Christianity the Jacobin author seems to lament losing, as if it were a limp-wristed pushover religion that socialists found to be full of useful idiots.

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Tom's avatar

With all due respect, why would you think that keeping conservatism from being what its enemies claim it is somehow synonymous with being a limp-wristed useful idiot?

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Lysander Spooner's avatar

You're welcome to come back after reading the Jacobin article.

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Tom's avatar

I read the Jacobin article before I posted that comment, so my question still stands. However, I will rephrase it in more concrete terms. What is your problem with rejecting racialism and the worship of strength?

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