Comments on: The World of Chris Hedges http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/11/11/the-world-of-chris-hedges/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick Mulligan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/11/11/the-world-of-chris-hedges/comment-page-1/#comment-80204 Patrick Mulligan Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7039#comment-80204 <i>...and was primarily concerned with his own, and his family's, advancement.</i> How dastardly! Why, you get enough people following that line of thinking and you'd have a terrible, terrible situation indeed, wouldn't you? Selfishness and greed, unbridled by the moderating hand of government to confiscate and equitably distribute productive effort, or the humbling hand of the church to prevent productive people from thoughtlessly enjoying the fruits of their efforts. Why, that would almost be like... capitalism. …and was primarily concerned with his own, and his family’s, advancement.

How dastardly! Why, you get enough people following that line of thinking and you’d have a terrible, terrible situation indeed, wouldn’t you? Selfishness and greed, unbridled by the moderating hand of government to confiscate and equitably distribute productive effort, or the humbling hand of the church to prevent productive people from thoughtlessly enjoying the fruits of their efforts. Why, that would almost be like… capitalism.

]]> By: Joe Lammers http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/11/11/the-world-of-chris-hedges/comment-page-1/#comment-80198 Joe Lammers Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:10:22 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=7039#comment-80198 Chris Hedges seems to be mostly out of touch and historically ignorant. Until about the middle of the 19th century the most of the population in any country or empire was illiterate, and there never was a time when the majority of the population went in for high-brow entertainment. I enjoy classical music and think professional wrestling is absurd, but I realize my tastes are not the norm, and frankly, have never been the norm. There never was a time when the average man didn't go in for low brow amusement and was primarily concerned with his own, and his family's, advancement. Chris Hedges seems to be mostly out of touch and historically ignorant. Until about the middle of the 19th century the most of the population in any country or empire was illiterate, and there never was a time when the majority of the population went in for high-brow entertainment. I enjoy classical music and think professional wrestling is absurd, but I realize my tastes are not the norm, and frankly, have never been the norm. There never was a time when the average man didn’t go in for low brow amusement and was primarily concerned with his own, and his family’s, advancement.

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