Message from @fallot
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I think the best argument is the transaction costs point, but I think it will always be eroded
basically an antichrist ideology that raises the nation to god levels
fascism++
that in theory could work for a few generations at least
the other argument I am still going to write at some point is basically Filmer's argument filtered through Darwin, which is that all authority flows from Fatherhood, which imposes a non-theological hierarchy
I don't agree that this is a non-theological hierarchy
as fatherhood must also proceed from somewhere
Filmer's premise was God as Father, but I think you could do with out that
if it is incidental, then this is just arbitrary
and argue that it procedes from biology
yeah, it has to be "God the Father" to work
to work well
to work okay, you can sub in Darwin maybe
I appreciate the procession from biology but
that also removes your ability to raise this one aspect
and also, it reduces to utilitarianism
because your argument is ultimately "this works"
no framework for what working ultimately is, or what is good or bad
ignoring the ultimate metaphysics
hence always prey to the bigger scope of leftism
why do you, or anyone else, feel a draw to secular right etc. at all?
No, and I note in the post that you would need to develop that framework a lot a lot. I was just interested in whether there was a workable basis
why is it good that things works out, rather than they be changed
even at a cost
for some moral good
I don't, my only interest in a secular right is in shifting a large block of US voters
I now think there is no workable basis, ultimately
but temporarily?
I think you could do it, I would consider it evil however
I wish there was a workable framework, it would make things much easier
Eh. Everyone is religious. Some people just have a certain misinterpretation of what religion is and call themselves atheists and oppose themselves to random doctrine
A secular rightism that appeals to them on those terms but causes them to follow the action of a fundamentally religious ideology
could eventually correct their adolescent reaction to "religion" haha
idk
just a thought experiment
yeah, I understand dont worry about it
happy to engage
I've had the same thought
about reaction -> religion
there's a couple of really big problems with that though