Wednesday, March 2, 2022

On William F. Buckley's Transformation from Albert J. Nock Level Anti-Statism to Big Government Conservatism because "Neither an Offensive nor Defensive War Can Be Waged......Except Through the Instrument of Totalitarian Bureaucracy Within Our Shores"

Granted, Buckley wasn't alone among Republicans in the party's move from principled non-interventionism to slantheaded red-baiting 24/7 but he was certainly amongst the most influential and by purging such thinkers as Murray Rothbard and Joseph Flynn from his baby (i.e., The National Review), quite likely amongst the sleaziest, too.

No comments: