tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post3758611237822357179..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Hobbes's Liberal Leviathan and the Rule of the ClanLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-56466956403701957162014-02-18T22:06:09.201+00:002014-02-18T22:06:09.201+00:00But after the 14th amendment and the creation of t...But after the 14th amendment and the creation of the progressive administrative state FROM FDR it has, unfortunately. <br /><br />I ought to look at Weiner....<br /><br />Are you using the 3 volume Levithan?cliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13347008101977796061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-88751070131236716152014-01-23T17:31:47.112+00:002014-01-23T17:31:47.112+00:00He was right that we were not. He was wrong to com...He was right that we were not. He was wrong to complain about it. :-)Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-26973039930518667192014-01-22T22:18:13.284+00:002014-01-22T22:18:13.284+00:00Hegel complained that the United States was not a ...Hegel complained that the United States was not a State.Larry Arnharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-60809282149692715572014-01-22T18:20:48.266+00:002014-01-22T18:20:48.266+00:00Given that a "state" is a particular kin...Given that a "state" is a particular kind of government, it is not impossible that one could see the rise of a different kind of post-state government. <br /><br />The U.S. may have originally been thought of in those terms. We are the United STATES of America -- with a federal government over those states. The idea being that the overarching federal government would check the power of the more local states. <br /><br />If we were to have a spontaneous order of governance, we ought to find a power law distribution of power in governments. Small local governments should have the most power, various polities in between with less power, and a large umbrella government of almost no power, but which maintains freedom of movement of people and goods among the polities. <br /><br />The U.S. is structured that way with the town/city, counties, states, and federal governments. But the distribution of power is hardly a power law any more. Therein lies the problem in the U.S. We weren't a state -- but we have become one. We have regressed.Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.com