POLSCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gallows, Avail
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- no, he"s not the kind of conservative we can easily recognize in america. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Innovators think they"re really hot, but often times what sounds like a good idea now turns out to be bad later on. They"re don"t think about what they"re going to leave in the future . no headphone jack in iphones, nuclear weapons, fracking. The french revolution was inspired by enlightenment thinkers who went more towards reason instead of religion. Notice that burke puts the conserve back in conservatism. Burke wrote the text three years before the french revolution. One of burke"s (least) favorite innovators: robespierre. France erased any signs of religion of streets and street signs. The six leftover are called c days. Burkes response - intellectuals: can"t trust them. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper, and confined views.
