Prudentia Politica: The “clear and present danger” for the United States today is domestic, not foreign.

lunes, 7 de enero de 2013

The “clear and present danger” for the United States today is domestic, not foreign.

What is the future of conservatism?

Though I dearly hope to be wrong about this, I fear that dark times lie ahead for our nation and for the conservative tendency in American thought and politics that should rightly offer our country its best hope for the future.

The United States is on a perilous trajectory–one all the more disturbing because it looks to have been scarcely affected by any of the great political competitions and big electoral decisions since the end of the Reagan era.

The “clear and present danger” for the United States today is domestic, not foreign.

It is seen in the confluence of three major trends that are subverting what was once un-mockingly known as the American way of life.

The first of these trends is the collapse of the nation’s family structure. ...
Second is America’s gradual, but increasingly rapid, retirement from religion. ....
Third is our citizenry’s steady slide into financial dependence on the government–a development intensified by the Great Recession, but in fact predating it by many decades. ...