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There is a lot of wisdom in the anonymous saying: “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”
But understanding this saying requires some nuances. One can’t understand politics without discussing all three categories: ideas, events, and people.
Thus great minds do not discuss only ideas. (more…)
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English original: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
W 1897 r. Robert Lewis Dabney przewidział tryumf ruchu sufrażystek w oparciu o własną ocenę historii i charakteru jedynej siły sprzeciwiającej się prawom wyborczym kobiet – konserwatystów z północnych stanach USA:
Jest to partia, która nigdy niczego nie konserwuje. (more…)
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English original: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
En 1897, Robert Lewis Dabney prophétisa le triomphe du suffrage féminin, en se basant sur son estimation de l’histoire et du caractère de la seule force opposé à lui, le conservatisme nordique :
« C’est un parti qui ne conserve jamais rien. (more…)
The Grand Canyon: proof that great changes can be wrought over long timespans by gentle, sustained pressure
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The Counter-Currents 2014 Summer Fundraiser kicked off two weeks ago today on our fourth anniversary. So far, we have received 13 donations totaling $1,561.08. Donations ranged in amount from $2 to $534.08. I want to thank all our donors for their generosity. (more…)
Odilon Redon, “Silence,” 1900
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Translations: Estonian, French, Polish
Part 1 of 4
In 1897, Robert Lewis Dabney prophesied the triumph of women’s suffrage based on his estimate of the history and character of the only force opposed to it, Northern conservatism:
This is a party which never conserves anything. (more…)
March 5, 1820–January 3, 1898
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It may be inferred again that the present movement for women’s rights will certainly prevail from the history of its only opponent: Northern conservatism. This is a party which never conserves anything. Its history has been that it demurs to each aggression of the progressive party, and aims to save its credit by a respectable amount of growling, but always acquiesces at last in the innovation. What was the resisted novelty of yesterday is today one of the accepted principles of conservatism; (more…)