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Is this the End of Neo-Conservatism?
Bullet Points on economic philosophy, first drafted on Nov. 10, published on Dec. 30, 2008
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The extent of the current economic crisis and the international reactions towards it, have inspired Noah denkt™ to
publish the following conclusions:
Bullet Points on economic philosophy, first drafted on Nov. 10, published on Dec. 30, 2008
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The extent of the current economic crisis and the international reactions towards it, have inspired Noah denkt™ to
publish the following conclusions:
- Neo-conservatism in its present form is dead, and it should be.
- Neo-conservatism is dead because of the underlying hypocrisy that characterized its theory.
- Its double-standard hypocrisy is best visible in the self-serving recklessness with which the proponents of
this ideology are now asking governments for the same kind of subsidies that they previously criticized
others for. - If the foremost representatives of neo-conservatism ultimately were unable to avoid betraying their own
ideas, it is because they falsely opted for a technocratic market philosophy which right from the start
exempted them from having to personally accept the excruciating pain that the exercise of freedom and
reason naturally imposes. - If the technocratic version of neo-conservatism is dead, the existentialist interpretation of it should not be
so. - The existentialist interpretation of neo-conservatism should be treasured because:
- it is still in the interest of reason and humanity life to use the world’s resources in the most efficient
way. - it is still in the interest of reason and humanity to improve mankind’s material well-being as best it can
- it is still in the interest of reason and humanity that man should realize his full talent and potential
- it is still in the interest of reason and humanity that man should explore the meaning of reason and
freedom and thereby exercise his right to self-determination - it is still in the interest of reason and humanity that government bureaucracy should support
individual freedom and not vice versa.
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