Gordon L. Anderson, Ph.D., The St. Croix Review Annual Meeting, the Lowell Inn, October 25, 2024 What is Conservativism? Conservatism conserves the knowledge, principles, values, laws, and consciousness related to what Western Civilization learned that works over 5,000 years. Like … Continue reading →
Individual sovereignty is a prerequisite of an integral society. Integral society begins with people who have an integral consciousness that transcends the self, respects the rights of others, and understands the nature of social institutions in a complex integral society. … Continue reading →
Social interactions have evolved from personal habits and family traditions to a complex array of national and global-level social institutions like religions, states, banks, and corporations. As with individual human beings, social institutions can be focused and productive, or dysfunctional, … Continue reading →
The primary purpose of government is to provide security for citizens and serve as a referee when there are disputes between them. It is a legal operating system to allow citizens to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. It does this … Continue reading →
Territorial and Cultural Entities A state is a territorial unit, but a nation is a cultural identity unit. The coupling of the nation-with state is a holdover from feudalism, in which the cultural and economic values of the king or … Continue reading →