The Barbarian hopes — and that is the mark of him, that he can have his cake and eat it too. He will consume what civilization has slowly produced after generations of selection and effort, but he will not be at pains to replace such goods, nor indeed has he a comprehension of the virtue that has brought them into being. Discipline seems to him irrational, on which account he is ever marveling that civilization should have offended him with priests and soldiers .... In a word, the Barbarian is discoverable everywhere in this, that he cannot make: that he can befog and destroy but that he cannot sustain; and of every Barbarian in the decline or peril of every civilization exactly that has been true.
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Hillaire Belloc on Democrats?
Could Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953) have been writing about 21st century Democrats? You be the judge:
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This especially applies to those who come to America for opportunity and safety, but then vote in line with the cultures they fled to destroy opportunity and the rule of law.
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