Welcome to God, Family, Nation
Even though this blog is largely the continuation of a previous one, nevertheless I feel it's necessary to provide a basic outline of what this blog is all about.
So here's a short outline of some of the basic principles this blog stands for:
- The rejection of the narrow political labels of "left" and "right", instead calling for a Third Way that stands for a social and political order built on Christian (more specifically Catholic) principles.
- The defense of Christendom against all its ideological enemies: secularism, multi-culturalism, Islam, etc.
- The validity of ethnic and national identities, along with supporting the patriotic/nationalist aspirations of all Christian peoples.
- Defending the rich heritage of Europe, which has deep roots in the Christian faith. "The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith."
- The decentralization of governmental control, in accordance with the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. "Small is beautiful".
- Defending the family as the basic building block of society. This includes defending the right of unborn children to life.
- A just economic system based on the widespread ownership of property, small businesses, and worker cooperatives. This includes defending the agrarian way of life.
- A society built on communitarian values, as opposed to modern social atomism.
- Advocating personalism as opposed to individualism(ie narcissism). Whereas the individual is opposed to society, the person fully develops within society.
- A national defense system based upon an armed citizenry, resembling the military system of Switzerland. Also advocating a foreign policy based on armed neutrality.
- Regeneration of the churches through adherence to traditional Christian teachings. This is especially true for the Catholic Church.
And so on.
So here's a short outline of some of the basic principles this blog stands for:
- The rejection of the narrow political labels of "left" and "right", instead calling for a Third Way that stands for a social and political order built on Christian (more specifically Catholic) principles.
- The defense of Christendom against all its ideological enemies: secularism, multi-culturalism, Islam, etc.
- The validity of ethnic and national identities, along with supporting the patriotic/nationalist aspirations of all Christian peoples.
- Defending the rich heritage of Europe, which has deep roots in the Christian faith. "The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith."
- The decentralization of governmental control, in accordance with the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. "Small is beautiful".
- Defending the family as the basic building block of society. This includes defending the right of unborn children to life.
- A just economic system based on the widespread ownership of property, small businesses, and worker cooperatives. This includes defending the agrarian way of life.
- A society built on communitarian values, as opposed to modern social atomism.
- Advocating personalism as opposed to individualism(ie narcissism). Whereas the individual is opposed to society, the person fully develops within society.
- A national defense system based upon an armed citizenry, resembling the military system of Switzerland. Also advocating a foreign policy based on armed neutrality.
- Regeneration of the churches through adherence to traditional Christian teachings. This is especially true for the Catholic Church.
And so on.
posted by Perun at
1:38 PM
3 Comments:
Glad to see you back to blogging!
Interesting political views, expecailly,
"A national defense system based upon an armed citizenry, resembling the military system of Switzerland."
I have heard that every household in Switzerland has an assault rifle yet thy have one of the lowest crime rates in the world.
Well it's not true that every household has an assault rifle, but it is true that firearms posession is very widespread.
Here's an interesting article about this situation in Switzerland and what America can learn from them.
BTW, it should be noted that such forms of military service were widespread throughout Medieval Europe. Among the Anglo-Saxons, this system was referred to as the fyrd.
Medieval scholar Susan Renyolds also notes that arms-bearing was widespread throughout Medieval society, and that each social class(even the clergy at times) had their own military traditions. The old notion of a small military caste(ie the knights) doing all the fighting is pure myth.
So the notion of an armed citizenry goes deep into our own heritage, not only as Catholics but also living in a society built on the Anglo-Saxon tradition.
You can tell Im a military history buff! ;-)
Oh I also forgot, the notion of an armed citizenry figures strongly in American thinking as well.
Not only with the settling of America, but also with the War of Independence.
The armed citizen being the basis of national defense was always a key element in the thinking of our Founding Fathers, hence why they wrote the Second Ammendment
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