I agree with you, Richard. Today, government is the main culprit in undermining virtue. It creates enormous moral hazard through the welfare state, and it teaches an alternative, self- and other-destructive moral code through its government-run schools and subsidies for "higher" "education," laws implementing racial and sex-based discrimination, judicial bias toward alleged social-justice instead of fair adjudification of individual claims, and so on and on. Liberty requires a moral people, but it is equally important to acknowledge that a moral people requires liberty. (Frank Meyer got that right.)
Richard, love the article. I know the nanny state isn't the solution. The landlord then should have more power of their properties... Maybe ChatGPT can redeem itself. I referenced your article, and asked what Charles Murray article you reference. It gave a couple ideas here: https://chatgpt.com/share/67fad197-e3b0-8005-b599-2a71540e77c8
I agree with you, Richard. Today, government is the main culprit in undermining virtue. It creates enormous moral hazard through the welfare state, and it teaches an alternative, self- and other-destructive moral code through its government-run schools and subsidies for "higher" "education," laws implementing racial and sex-based discrimination, judicial bias toward alleged social-justice instead of fair adjudification of individual claims, and so on and on. Liberty requires a moral people, but it is equally important to acknowledge that a moral people requires liberty. (Frank Meyer got that right.)
I went to college with Frank's son, Gene, who later served as Exec Director of the Federalist Society from its founding onward.
I went to college with Frank's son, Gene, who served as Exec Director of the Federalist Society from its founding.
Richard, love the article. I know the nanny state isn't the solution. The landlord then should have more power of their properties... Maybe ChatGPT can redeem itself. I referenced your article, and asked what Charles Murray article you reference. It gave a couple ideas here: https://chatgpt.com/share/67fad197-e3b0-8005-b599-2a71540e77c8