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Culture matters more than politics

By Alliance Alert

R.R. Reno writing at First Things / On The Square: "Today as we shift toward a seemingly ever-increasing interest in the machinery of partisan politics, we?re becoming Marxists by default. Marx held that economic realities are fundamental, and questions of culture are epiphenomenal . . . Not every controversial political issue boils down to economics (though it?s amazing how much passion gets invested in whether the top marginal rate is 35% or 39%). The question of who controls the Supreme Courts also looms large. Yet across the board we assume that politics is about power?getting it and wielding it. The question, asked by Plato and Aristotle, as well as Augustine and Aquinas, 'What is politics for?' is irrelevant, and indeed uninteresting."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on October 28, 2010 (boomark / email).