The Republican Party, as represented as such characters such as Sci-Fi Bruce Rauner, seems to be becoming transmogrified into a group of amoral Ayn Randians. Unwilling to address any social issue as being the road to ruin, the only thing the Randians care about is "smaller government." Not honest government, not parlimentary democracy, not a civil society, just "smaller" government. The only thing this new brand of libertarian Republicans care about is money. This is mine. Don't touch it. Get a job.
One sign that the Randians are taking over is the obsession with disability (SSI) recipients. While there has been a swelling of SSI recipients in the last few years, it has become an article of faith with the Randians that nobody legitimately receives disability. Even if you are a quadraplegic, you are a leach on society if you recieve SSI. To use Paul Ryan's unlovely phrase, such people are takers who steal from makers. This Manichean duality of people who are unworthy and people who are worthy is a staple of talk radio, which is really odd, because when George W. Bush was president, recieving SSI was not the mark of a parasite. Maybe this is one reason why talk radio is dying, the recreational activity of choice for people who think they are excellent human beings because they make a lot of money.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not endorsing the nihilistic left. I'm just pointing out how nihilistic the Randians are. Pro-aborts who think everyone who recieves social benefits are scum have as little moral compass as modern liberals. Unfortunately, the Primrose League, or establishment Republicans, are just this sort of person.
It would be Estase's position that being pro-life goes hand in hand with a realization that some persons will need social benefits. When a family has the integrity and honor to bring a child with Down's Syndrome into the world, this human person should not anticipate a life of homelessness and squalor. A Down's patient is a valuable person, not just a taker. Does the Republican party want a T-4 program to eliminate everyone who might not make a lot of money? Is the highest value of Republicanism stinginess? The Irishman these people need to keep in mind is Edmund Burke, not Ronald Reagan. The talk radio community pretends to exemplify conservative thought, but they actually are ignoring one of Burke's most important principles: stinginess has longer-range costs that are not forseeable in the present. Another Burkean principle ignored by the Randians is that for men to love their country, their country should be lovely. A lovely country does not kill its weak and poor. A lovely country does not call the poor "takers."
One sign that the Randians are taking over is the obsession with disability (SSI) recipients. While there has been a swelling of SSI recipients in the last few years, it has become an article of faith with the Randians that nobody legitimately receives disability. Even if you are a quadraplegic, you are a leach on society if you recieve SSI. To use Paul Ryan's unlovely phrase, such people are takers who steal from makers. This Manichean duality of people who are unworthy and people who are worthy is a staple of talk radio, which is really odd, because when George W. Bush was president, recieving SSI was not the mark of a parasite. Maybe this is one reason why talk radio is dying, the recreational activity of choice for people who think they are excellent human beings because they make a lot of money.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not endorsing the nihilistic left. I'm just pointing out how nihilistic the Randians are. Pro-aborts who think everyone who recieves social benefits are scum have as little moral compass as modern liberals. Unfortunately, the Primrose League, or establishment Republicans, are just this sort of person.
It would be Estase's position that being pro-life goes hand in hand with a realization that some persons will need social benefits. When a family has the integrity and honor to bring a child with Down's Syndrome into the world, this human person should not anticipate a life of homelessness and squalor. A Down's patient is a valuable person, not just a taker. Does the Republican party want a T-4 program to eliminate everyone who might not make a lot of money? Is the highest value of Republicanism stinginess? The Irishman these people need to keep in mind is Edmund Burke, not Ronald Reagan. The talk radio community pretends to exemplify conservative thought, but they actually are ignoring one of Burke's most important principles: stinginess has longer-range costs that are not forseeable in the present. Another Burkean principle ignored by the Randians is that for men to love their country, their country should be lovely. A lovely country does not kill its weak and poor. A lovely country does not call the poor "takers."
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