The government makes for a terrible parent, nanny, moral arbiter and an even worse god. It does not love you. It does not know your or your kids’ names. It does not care about you. It cannot determine morality or truth. The best it can do is to protect your right to be left alone
This is why the pursuit of smaller government & conservation of the constitution is inextricably intertwined with the preservation of the family and faith. If people don’t find belonging, identity & care from these places, they will look to the state.
Any “conservative” movement that neglects the importance of the family and a view of God as our supreme moral Lawgiver will never, ever work. There must be an institution stronger than, and a transcendent authority higher than, the government.
Otherwise we have no basis on which to make our case for natural rights, which is the entire premise of America’s foundation. This is part the “social conservatism” that many Republicans (esp in DC) are scared to loudly defend.
We can’t just be a movement against leftism. We have to be for something, and not just corporate tax breaks. The left certainly isn’t scared to make their social, cultural and moral case. We shouldn’t be either.
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