Good essay. Schmitt was the philosopher of the “Total State,” totalitarianism. The US constitution and the philophy underpinning it (for all its faults) is the exact opposite of the total state. The constitution creates a fractured state —coequal branches in addition to 50 states. But do we read or teach Locke, Montesquieu or the Federalist? The Supreme court has had several chances to put the country back on its philosophical foundations and has consistently failed do so.
It is interesting to see that self-proclaimed conservatives, christians and libertarians are so enamored with their concept of sovereignty (e.g. Auron MacIntyre), derived from such thinkers as Schmitt, which seems to be completely anti-thetical to their self-proclaimed value and virtue hierarchy.
In the end it can be boiled down to rule of might (might makes right) instead of rule of law, which to me seems to lead necessarily and unavoidably into states of anarchy, balkanization, civil war, oligarchy, monarchy, corruption and instability. At best you can hope for some authoritarian stability through oligarchy.
These states of the polity seem to directly threaten the bonds (family, community, church etc.) and the individual liberties and wealth the self-proclaimed conservatives, christians and libertarians claim to want to protect from the acid of 21st century liberalism. That does not seem to be a very good deal to me, however they seem to think sovereignty is worth it.
The confederacy was relatively ungrounded in ideas. And the United States fought against it. This time, the United States is the problem. To me, that makes this a graver crisis than the Civil War.
And I suppose you think that Bidens abrogation of immigration laws, and encouragement of the immigration of millions in his term alone, was a perfectly lawful dictiorial action? Why do you think Trump was elected? Why not work with him under the current legal framework, to get the illegals out of the country rather than blocking the ICE facility in New Jersey. Chuck and Hakeen should call up Trump and say what can we do to help get these illegals, especially the criminal elements out of the country on an expedited basis.
Good essay. Schmitt was the philosopher of the “Total State,” totalitarianism. The US constitution and the philophy underpinning it (for all its faults) is the exact opposite of the total state. The constitution creates a fractured state —coequal branches in addition to 50 states. But do we read or teach Locke, Montesquieu or the Federalist? The Supreme court has had several chances to put the country back on its philosophical foundations and has consistently failed do so.
It is interesting to see that self-proclaimed conservatives, christians and libertarians are so enamored with their concept of sovereignty (e.g. Auron MacIntyre), derived from such thinkers as Schmitt, which seems to be completely anti-thetical to their self-proclaimed value and virtue hierarchy.
In the end it can be boiled down to rule of might (might makes right) instead of rule of law, which to me seems to lead necessarily and unavoidably into states of anarchy, balkanization, civil war, oligarchy, monarchy, corruption and instability. At best you can hope for some authoritarian stability through oligarchy.
These states of the polity seem to directly threaten the bonds (family, community, church etc.) and the individual liberties and wealth the self-proclaimed conservatives, christians and libertarians claim to want to protect from the acid of 21st century liberalism. That does not seem to be a very good deal to me, however they seem to think sovereignty is worth it.
The confederacy was relatively ungrounded in ideas. And the United States fought against it. This time, the United States is the problem. To me, that makes this a graver crisis than the Civil War.
And I suppose you think that Bidens abrogation of immigration laws, and encouragement of the immigration of millions in his term alone, was a perfectly lawful dictiorial action? Why do you think Trump was elected? Why not work with him under the current legal framework, to get the illegals out of the country rather than blocking the ICE facility in New Jersey. Chuck and Hakeen should call up Trump and say what can we do to help get these illegals, especially the criminal elements out of the country on an expedited basis.
As is so often the case, a defense of Ted Bundy is based on “what about Jeffery Dahmer? He ate his victims!”
My boy here loves him some mass deportations.......