Conservative Thought

Harvard is working on a "center for conservative thought". No doubt in reaction to the pressure campaign the Trump administration is waging against "woke", which is equated with liberal thought. The problem of course is that what passes for conservative thought is just banal, nostalgic whining for a lost world that actually never existed. Liberal thought is no more coherent but that's for another day. I suppose you could find people who identify as intellectuals hanging out in think tanks or editorial pages who could give lectures at the new "center". But average Joe's who identify as conservative won't go to listen. They have influencers and pods to think for them. These Joe's and Jane's are riding high now that their cultural warrior in chief is writing daily decrees and posting on Truth Social. After years of being called stupid, they are, by proxie, now in charge. But they are still stupid. Nothing changes that sorry state of affairs. It's just that we live in a "democracy", and the stupids are in the majority. Plato warned us of the hazards. The Center for Conservative Thought would be very upset that Cracker Barrel wanted to change its logo. Sean Davis , chief executive of The Federalist would have a seat at the table thanks to comments like this: Cracker Barrel’s CEO and leadership clearly hate the company’s customers and see their mission as re-educating them with the principles of gay race communism.” They could put out a white paper on why it is necessary for Israel to annihilate the Palestinians. Not gay race communism but Islamic antisemitic terrorism. Conservatives like Bret Stephens would wince but end up going along.