In a recent Statement of Principles, leaders of the “National Conservatism” movement advocate ideas they say are necessary for “recovering and maintaining our freedom, security, and prosperity.” The fate our of our civilization, they believe, hangs in the balance.

Join Elan Journo and Nikos Sotirakopoulos as they analyze this mini manifesto of “National Conservatism.” What are the “principles” it advocates? How do they relate to America’s ideals? What philosophic ideas shape this movement?

Among the topics covered:

● “National Conservatism” as a movement to redefine conservatism to exclude individualism;
● Why “national conservatives” regard the family and the nation as the units of society and oppose claims to know universal truths;
● Why “national conservatives” think governments must promote religious ideas;
● The authoritarian implications of the “national conservative” view that government should promote the family and prevent immorality;
● The “national conservatives’” un-American view that rights are conditional and originate from group consensus;
● Why we must oppose both the “woke” religious phenomenon on the left and the religion of the “national conservatives.”

Mentioned in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s essay “Conservatism: An Obituary” from the book Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, Leonard Peikoff’s essay “Religion Versus America” from the book The Voice of Reason, Journo’s articles “Meet the Conservative Authoritarians” and “The Vice of Nationalism,” and the New Ideal Live episode “The Threat of National Conservatism.”

The podcast was recorded on August 24, 2022.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:43 "National conservatism" movement
0:10:58 Family and nation as social units
0:24:10 Government promoting religion
0:29:47 Authoritarian implications
0:39:44 Rights as conditional, social
0:47:27 "Woke" and conservatism as religious

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