The Law of Nature and the Demise of Liberalism

Jim Kalb's calm assessment

Jim Kalb has a great article up of his speech at the recent conservative convention, the H.L. Mencken Club 2009 Conference. I mention the conference briefly here. Noteworthy was the title of the conference "We Are Doomed!" with an exclamation mark, no less.

Kalb's presentation was about the global ambitions of liberalism, and how that is moving forward in this century with the ascension of the European Union. I won't go into more details. I recommend reading the clear and concise article and also getting a hold of Kalb's recent book The Tyranny of Liberalism.

But this is what set Kalb apart from the rest. He writes of the horrendous power the EU is amassing, and predicts that all this will inevitably collapse since the principles that liberalism abides by are built in to cause that collapse.

His final statement is a matter-of-fact

So if you don't like it [liberalism], you should feel free to oppose it. It is not a law of nature that you lose. In fact, in the long run it's a law of nature that they lose.

That was what I was really trying to say in a previous post that conservatives should continue to be conservatives, since they have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. I wrote:

But, one important thing is to DO things...where small steps a movement make. This is where each individual behaves like a conservative, and not just talks about it.

Later on, I write how the traditional world is actually more innovative and more progressive than the modern one:

The funny thing about tradition is that it changes subtly through time. Innovations happen by building the new from the old; by adapting the past into our own present environments. This is what modern artists just don’t get. They are stuck in a rut with their experimentations and self-expression. The true inspiration and, paradoxically, change comes by pursuing tradition.

So while liberals stay "stuck in a rut," true conservatives are actually able to build a better future, which the conservative system allows, and which the liberal system doesn't, to its ultimate demise.