"We dismiss conservatism because in the end it’s always wrong. The Bohr model of the atom crumbled. The founding fathers concept of freedom was compatible with slavery. Free markets led to inequality. Societal rules regarding sex criminalized homosexuality. And all our current mainstream values will eventually show such flaws as well. We don’t want to be on the wrong side of history."
You have just shown that in the manioc case, boring bloody-minded old conservatism is exactly right. And it's not obvious that it was wrong vs the bolshevik and maoist revolutions.
"We dismiss conservatism because in the end it’s always wrong. The Bohr model of the atom crumbled. The founding fathers concept of freedom was compatible with slavery. Free markets led to inequality. Societal rules regarding sex criminalized homosexuality. And all our current mainstream values will eventually show such flaws as well. We don’t want to be on the wrong side of history."
You have just shown that in the manioc case, boring bloody-minded old conservatism is exactly right. And it's not obvious that it was wrong vs the bolshevik and maoist revolutions.
Great piece!