Reply #140: The Straussians in the current government actually HAVE this philosophy.

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I.e. man is stupid and evil and needs a secret enlightened elite to lead them, preferably by encouraging mythological imagery, romanticized histories, blah blah blah. This is supposedly necessary since only militarist, homogenous states can survive.

I find it odd that while people like Wolfowitz studied this stuff, and more importantly, believe it, liberals are being painted with this brush by the WSJ. I've seen this kind of attack before, though, way back in 1995, i.e. Sowell's "Vision of the Annointed."