Chris Lamke<p>John Kenneth Galbraith's observation about conservatism is as relevant as ever.</p><p>"The modern conservative is not even especially modern. He is engaged, on the contrary, in one of man’s oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy. That is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfishness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfishness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPhilosophy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wist.info/galbraith-john-kenneth/7463/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wist.info/galbraith-john-kenne</span><span class="invisible">th/7463/</span></a></p>