re: #73 EPR-radar

I think the most basic political postulate of the right is that there is an aristocracy, and non-aristocrats should naturally defer to the aristocrats because they are lesser beings. The US wing nuts define this aristocracy mainly by wealth as opposed to inheritance, although with a moribund estate tax, these categories blur.

I think you’re right. I used to think that perhaps the American right was a little different from the European one since unlike theirs, technically ours comes from a democratic tradition while the European right is traditionally tied to monarchical and theocratic interests. You’re right though. There is this idea with the right that only the aristocrats know best.