“La Contre-Révolution ne sera pas une révolution contraire, mais le contraire de la Révolution.” — Maistre.
From the end of my “political autobiography” (for class):
More than anything else, I am concerned with how we think about things, and what that means to us in terms of living both virtuous and fulfilling lives. I’ve long since stopped caring about labels: call me a conservative, a libertarian, a reactionary — just don’t call me late for the counterrevolution.
Now to finish write the other two papers due tomorrow. (Note to my mother: just kidding!)
I’ve been reading and enjoying this site for a while now. If you think the “political autobiography” is worthwhile reading, I’d love to see more of it.
“call me a conservative, a libertarian, a reactionary — just don’t call me late for the counterrevolution.”
That is beautiful.
If you actually think it might be interesting, William, I’m happy to toss it up here. I’m one of my favorite topics.
Nicola, I second Mr Brafford’s suggestion. The web needs more narcissistic counter-revolutionism.
How does one navigate between our culture’s sundry monsters and whirlpools of rebellion and apathy, in search of some counterrevolutionary Ithaca? I think it could be very interesting. If your co-bloggers disagree (i.e. if Iqra’i has some sort of veto structure), my e-mail address is “williamrandolphbrafford,” and its domain is gmail.
Actually, Niki, can we write a post at some point about what Iqra’i would be like if we did have some sort of veto structure or other bureaucracy?