We are conservatives because we see these little platoons, these intermediate bodies, these sovereign spheres as the living tissue of society, we see these little platoons, these intermediate bodies, these sovereign spheres, in which the virtues to sustain civilization are promoted and taught in each generation, building traditions based on moral principles and institutions that are meant to preserve the historical common good for future generations. We are also classical, for we firmly believe that there are different spheres of class to which each individual person belongs, fulfilling different roles and exercising different rights in each; a set of mutually inclusive allegiances that allow the free development of the best in our nature, both individually and socially.
There might be a strong case to classify the Austrian School as a conservative school of economic thought instead of keeping it as the libertarian doctrine it is known nowadays.
By Ugo Stornaiolo S. Yes, you read that right: it is not an incoherence, nor a rhetorical figure. It is not a self-accusation of contradiction of our non-liberal thinking neither. It is pretty much the sum of our ideas, both… Continue Reading →
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