conservativism Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/conservativism/ Possibly Correct Media Network Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:48:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/possiblycorrect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-PC_LOGO.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 conservativism Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/conservativism/ 32 32 194854143 EP#5 | Conservatives Get Out of The Dark Ages https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep5-conservatives-get-out-of-the-dark-ages/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 01:54:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1770 It's a faux pas in some intellectual circles -- mostly conservative ones -- to say that there was a Dark Ages in European history.
But the mainstream view has been that the Middle Ages were a dark period in Western history. What were the "Middle Ages" in the middle of? Between the Greco-Roman era and the Renaissance. Roughly a millennium. The evaluative claim is that the glories of Greece and Rome and the achievements of the Renaissance and early Modernity were outstanding. By contrast, the Middle Ages look dimmer or actually dark.

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]]> It’s a faux pas in some intellectual circles — mostly conservative ones — to say that there was a Dark Ages in European history. But the mainstream view has been that the Middle Ages were a dark period in Western history. What were the “Middle Ages” in the middle of? Between the Greco-Roman era and the Renaissance. Roughly a millennium. The evaluative claim is that the glories of Greece and Rome and the achievements of the Renaissance and early Modernity were outstanding. By contrast, the Middle Ages look dimmer or actually dark.

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]]> 1770 EP#3 | Conservatives Are Not Free-Market Capitalists https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep3-conservatives-are-not-free-market-capitalists/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:47:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1786 Political labeling is often sloppy and political movements are often big tent, but it’s important to keep up the effort to be precise so we know what each other is talking about. Precision is also important because sometimes those who accept some free-market policies do so for political expediency reasons, and that superficial acceptance can mask more fundamental suspicions or rejections of free markets.

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]]> Political labeling is often sloppy and political movements are often big tent, but it’s important to keep up the effort to be precise so we know what each other is talking about. Precision is also important because sometimes those who accept some free-market policies do so for political expediency reasons, and that superficial acceptance can mask more fundamental suspicions or rejections of free markets.

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