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The whole book is basically about Conservative vs. Statist. His basic argument in the book is this:
The difference between the Conservative and Modern Liberal(his capitalization) is that for the former, "the civil society has as its highest purpose its preservation and improvement," whereas for the latter it is "the supremacy of the state." Because people and society do not fit his view of how things should be, the Modern Liberal uses the power of the state to force change, resulting in a soft tyranny. In order to not confuse the Modern Liberal with classic liberalism, Levin uses the term "Statist" throughout the book.

This is similar to what professor Lovett, my RS prof, says the Progressives do. They fell they can change people into how they thing they should be and want to use the government to do so. He (Lovett) sums it up as Conservatives "Know that people are flawed but, hey that's ok. You learn from mistakes and get better for it." and Statists (Liberals for Lovett) "Hey, you're not perfect, but we can make you that way". These of course highly paraphrased but as close as I could get considering the lecture he said that in was over a month ago lol.
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VT I'm more troubled by the fact you agree with the writer, but can't seem to find/see/argue alternative viewpoints
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