To his fellow conservatives, John Derbyshire makes a plea: Don't be
seduced by this nonsense about "the politics of hope." Skepticism,
pessimism, and suspicion of happy talk are the true characteristics
of an authentically conservative temperament. And from Hobbes and
Burke through Lord Salisbury and Calvin Coolidge, up to Pat
Buchanan and Mark Steyn in our own time, these beliefs have kept
the human race from blindly chasing its utopian dreams right off a
cliff.
Recently, though, various comforting yet fundamentally idiotic
notions of political correctness and wishful thinking have taken
root beyond the "Kumbaya"-singing, we're-all-one crowd. These ideas
have now infected conservatives, the very people who really should
know better. The Republican Party has been derailed by legions of
fools and poseurs wearing smiley-face masks.
Think rescuing the economy by condemning our descendents to lives
of spirit-crushing debt. Think nation-building abroad while we
slowly disintegrate at home. Think education and No Child Left
Behind. . . . But don't think about it too much, because if you do,
you'll quickly come to the logical conclusion: We are doomed.
Need more convincing? Dwell on the cheerful promises of the
diversity cult and the undeniable reality of the oncoming
demographic disaster. Contemplate the feminization of everything,
or take a good look at what passes for art these days. Witness the
rise of culturism and the death of religion. Bow down before your
new master, the federal apparatchik. Finally, ask yourself: How
certain am I that the United States of America will survive, in any
recognizable form, until, say, 2022?
A scathing, mordantly funny romp through today's dismal and
dismaler political and cultural scene, "We Are Doomed" provides a
long-overdue dose of reality, revealing just how the GOP has been
led astray in recent years-and showing that had conservatives held
on to their fittingly pessimistic outlook, America's future would
be far brighter.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to embrace the Audacity of
Hopelessness. "
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"From the Hardcover edition."
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