Benjamin Cain
1 min readFeb 12, 2022

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Thanks. I agree this is necessary work. And it's also fun!--because "intellectual conservatism" is so laughable.

I wrote a longer article on Burke (link below), which addresses the question of why he supported the American and not the French revolution. I follow another writer who suggests the difference was just class snobbery.

This article on the charade is one in a series. There's much more on the way. The next one will go through the conservative policy platform to show how easily the policies can be explained by reducing conservatism to social Darwinism. The next one will be on how Trumpism reveals the essence of modern conservatism. After that will be an article on Jordan Peterson, and then one on George Will. I might do one on Julius Evola. I'm still looking for juicy targets, you see. I suppose Ben Shapiro might fit.

https://medium.com/discourse/the-casuistry-of-burkes-moderate-conservatism-32a8a0700d69?sk=d42e314e236b9ac04099f4d99da28e1e

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

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