From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sun Apr 14 2002 - 04:30:33 MDT
Sigh. I hope to hell that Buchanan and crowd don't get nanotech
first. All wrong is due to "de-Christianization" indeed! What
utter drivel.
-s.
Technotranscendence wrote:
> Reviving the West
> by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
>
> Patrick Buchanan's new book The Death of the West identifies a social
> problem of the first order, and it deserves the widest possible
> readership.
>
> To identify a problem, even a big one, is not in itself a noteworthy
> achievement. What makes Buchanan's contribution remarkable is that he
> identifies a problem that the ruling elites tell us does not exist, or
> is not a problem but a blessing. In today's intellectual climate, it
> requires independence of mind and even courage to say what Buchanan
> does. And the book's bestseller status indicates that there are still
> plenty of people who have retained their good sense.
>
> For the rest of this article, see
> http://www.lewrockwell.com/hoppe/hoppe6.html
> _____
>
> For the record, I don't agree with most of what Buchanan says or what
> Hoppe does either. I do agree with the latter's take on democracy and
> statism -- both as being detrimental to human life, civilization, etc.
> However, this doesn't mean I swallow his whole laundry list of cultural
> conservatism. (I do, however, agree that governments have been
> promoting certain values or systems of thought over others, but this is
> no brand spanking new observation.)
>
> Later!
>
> Dan
> http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
>
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