The Case for Christian Conservatism

If leftism achieves dominance, then Western Civilization will fall into chaos and decay.

Leftism is a complex beast — far more intricate and sinister than many realize. Conservatives speak often of communism and Marxism, but leftism is unlike either of these evils. After all, both communism and Marxism have end goals that many could or would agree are good, even though the means they propose to achieve these goods are deeply flawed at best and outright evil in most cases. Subscribe to The American Spectator to receive our fall 2024 print magazine, which includes this article and others like it. Equality sounds like a grand goal to fight for, but it is not worth the cost of destroying the differences that contribute to the unique dignity inherent in each of us and, indeed, in our nations and cultures. Equality of income is an appealing thought when one is salivating over the vast fortunes of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, but it is far less enticing when the breadline is long and the sun is setting. The erasure of class distinctions may sound noble enough to some, but one might sour on the notion upon realizing that it does not mean every pauper is treated as a prince, but rather that every prince is spurned as a pauper. This article is taken from The American Spectator’s fall 2024 print magazine. Subscribe to receive the entire magazine. Even such ideological evils as moral relativism and the New Atheism of the early 2000s were mere forerunners to the behemoth of leftism. Moral relativism, of course, proclaimed that nothing is evil, which effectively means either that nothing is good or that everything is good. New Atheism, in its arrogant hatred for God, derided spiritual realities and the rituals by which the spiritual and corporeal are united. Although conservatism has opposed each of these epochs of evil at one time or another, leftism seems today to be the greatest threat that it has yet faced. Indeed, it is an existential threat, for if leftism achieves dominance, as it sometimes seems poised to do, then Western Civilization will fall int...