Comments on: Tribe Or Religion Or Whatever? No, Thank You http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/ n. the principle of good order "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Jon Luker http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/#comment-5046 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:53:19 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/#comment-5046 <blockquote>Make sure that you get ahold of a copy of the new American Conservative for the Bramwell article and for all of the other worthwhile content you will find in it.</blockquote> Indeed. This particular issue was gold-mine of engaging and thoughtful writing, including your article, entitled <em>The Gospel According to Bush</em>. Bravo!

Make sure that you get ahold of a copy of the new American Conservative for the Bramwell article and for all of the other worthwhile content you will find in it.

Indeed. This particular issue was gold-mine of engaging and thoughtful writing, including your article, entitled The Gospel According to Bush. Bravo!

]]> by: Daniel Larison http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/#comment-5037 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:30:20 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/#comment-5037 There is a tension, and the emphasis on the health of the community is one of the things pulling against that tendency to unleash those forces. That is why it is necessary to keep hammering away at the importance of community and subordinating private interests to the common good, because until attitudes towards the common good are changed decentralism will not necessarily improve many of the things that trouble traditional conservatives about the effects of "creative destruction." Obviously, we wouldn't exactly decentralise simply for decentralism's sake, but because we think it would help secure, among other things, the social goods of the community against homogenising forces of consolidation and frenetic economic activity. That is why I included a nod to both prudence and subsidiarity, since it may sometimes be the case that some public authority higher than the local or municipal may be required to get involved. There is a tension, and the emphasis on the health of the community is one of the things pulling against that tendency to unleash those forces. That is why it is necessary to keep hammering away at the importance of community and subordinating private interests to the common good, because until attitudes towards the common good are changed decentralism will not necessarily improve many of the things that trouble traditional conservatives about the effects of “creative destruction.”

Obviously, we wouldn’t exactly decentralise simply for decentralism’s sake, but because we think it would help secure, among other things, the social goods of the community against homogenising forces of consolidation and frenetic economic activity. That is why I included a nod to both prudence and subsidiarity, since it may sometimes be the case that some public authority higher than the local or municipal may be required to get involved.

]]> by: Pithlord http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/#comment-5036 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:13:24 +0000 http://larison.org/2006/11/09/tribe-or-religion-or-whatever-no-thank-you/#comment-5036 Surely, there is a tension here between decentralization and respect for private property and freedom of contract, on the one hand, and a desire to avoid the deracinating effects of the market on the other. At least in the contemporary world, governance at the lowest possible level, combined with secure private rights necessarily unleashes the market forces you don't like. Surely, there is a tension here between decentralization and respect for private property and freedom of contract, on the one hand, and a desire to avoid the deracinating effects of the market on the other. At least in the contemporary world, governance at the lowest possible level, combined with secure private rights necessarily unleashes the market forces you don’t like.

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