Video: Mark Levin on Hannity – June 9, 2009

Mark Levin is fundamentally a moron. Aside from that he’s an advocate of aristocracy. At 3:00 into the interview he states that conservatives are the beneficiaries of thousands of years of human experience. He then refers to Obama and others as relying on philosophies a couple of hundred years old. That’s interesting considering that aside from the Ancient greeks, Democracy as we know it is only as old as this country itself…approximately 218 years old. Those philosophies that preceded it were aristocratic, authoritarian, or theocratic.

Essentially, Conservatism is the domination of society by an aristocracy. Conservatism is incompatible with democracy, prosperity, and civilization in general. It is a destructive system of inequality and prejudice that is founded on deception and has no place in the modern world, which is exactly why it’s floundering today.

At 4:51 Levin reiterates that “our principles are tried and true. They’ve been tried for centuries”. Yet again, Democracy as we know it only began at the time of the ratification of the constitution. So what philosophy is he talking about that preceded democracy? Certainly it wasn’t something that our founders sought to replicate. At 5:19 he hits the main problem with conservatism. He states that we can’t salute a philosophy that is anti-thetical to our history ( that’s a subjective view and could be debated forever ) or to our BELIEF SYSTEM. And that is where the problem lies. Conservatism is by Levin’s own admission, a belief system. But being so it can never demonstrate itself as being true. It’s an ideology actually formalized by Russell Kirk who provided 6 canons that conservatives follow. Canons? Conservatism today has taken on the personna of a religious cult. It has a doctrine that must be followed religiously or you risk excommunication. For example: his dismissal of Colin Powell, Tom Ridge and others who he claims aren’t Republicans or for that matter conservatives. Apparently if you aren’t a conservative then you aren’t even a Republican. The problem with ideological thinking like this is that it assumes it’s own infallibility. That it is flawless. Yet it was created by fallible men. Is it even remotely possible that it could be wrong? Can an idea created by fallible men be infallible? The question is, can it even demonstrate how it’s true. If it can, then maybe Levin could provide the methodology that he uses to prove it. He writes a book that is the Conservative Manifesto, defining conservatism. By defining it, he is unconsciously limiting the perameters of it’s own effectiveness. Once he defines it then it’s not possible to be something beyond that definition. That is self limiting and completely contrary to free thought and democracy. If, in a democracy those ideas are rejected as they have been recently, then perhaps he might reevaluate his ideas. But no! That isn’t possible because the ideology can’t be wrong. He can’t demonstrate how it’s true, but it can’t be wrong. But if something cannot possibly be wrong, then how can it be right. In order for something to be right it must contain the possibility of being wrong otherwise you’re merely preaching a belief, rather then something that can be proven right or wrong empirically.

From the pharaohs of ancient Egypt to the self-regarding thugs of ancient Rome to the glorified warlords of medieval and absolutist Europe, in nearly every urbanized society throughout human history, there have been people who have tried to constitute themselves as an aristocracy. These people and their allies are the conservatives.

The tactics of conservatism vary widely by place and time. But the most central feature of conservatism is deference: a psychologically internalized attitude on the part of the common people that the aristocracy are better people than they are. Mark Levin has no interest in democracy. His only interest is a return to an aristocratic society of Lords and serfs.

Larry Allen Brown
You are a JACK-ASS!!….Its people like you that hold this great country back…If you want big government go to china