For centuries Western nations have prized a social structure which places heavy emphasis on harmony of interest. High levels of social concord have given way to de-centralization of power structures and increased personal liberty.
The conservative, like the prophet, is never popular among the people. It is a lonely road telling a generation they are headed the wrong way.
Libertarians, ironically, tend to feed modern secularism. Libertarianism fails to balance the individual and the collective.
Man, being now in a fallen state, is at enmity with this natural order of things and seeks to suppress the glory of God. In his rebellious state man seeks unnatural means to an unnatural end. But since this world belongs to God, He alone may determine the terms of its right and proper use.
The concept of “freedom” to many ostensible Conservatives today has nothing to do with virtue or the wisdom of tradition, but everything to do with soft, self-perpetuating libertinism.
Dabney’s prophetic voice has rung true in many areas, perhaps most of all in education and the secularization of American schools.
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