Comments by "Muck006" (@Muck006) on "Edmund Burke - Founding Father of Conservatism" video.

  1. The one thing "the english" NEED to accept and understand is the CORRECT DEFINITION for "left-/right-wing", which came from the French Revolution ... but basically everyone in the english-speaking world attaches "stuff that doesnt belong" to those sides, which is the reason why these terms HAVE NO FIXED MEANING for "you guys". Just look up the "left-right political spectrum" page in Wikipedia and LOOK AT THE CHANGE HISTORY! The correct (=continental european!!!!) definition is important, because this makes it EASY to understand the difference between communism and fascism ... because the former is left-wing extremist marxism and the latter is right-wing extremist marxism ... which you can easily SEE when you look at the seating arrangement in the german parliament of 1933. So anyone claiming "Nazis are left-wing" is DEAD WRONG (and uneducated) ... which is FRUSTRATING to argue against. You got those definitions wrong 240 years ago ... and are too arrogant to admit this mistake ... Conservatism is RELATED to right-wing, but it isnt the same.
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  2. The Enlightenment introduced LOGIC and REASONING as guidelines to shape our societies, BUT every historic trend has its counter-trend and this began with the French Revolution, because their arguments are based upon EMOTION-BASED GRIEVANCES ... and emotions are the opposite of logic. The French may have THOUGHT they are "logical", but their arguments started with emotion and ended up with "cheering for the guilloutine" and finally "the guard (of Napoleon) doesnt surrender!" Burke seems to "dance" between these two, with his opposition to "the individual monarch" (which is a personal reaction) and founding conservatism, which is the acceptance that radical change is based upon emotions and this will not create a good society. Most humans want a STABLE SOCIETY ... not one where the rules change on a weekly basis!
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  3. Sorry to disagree, but your OPINIONS on the metric / imperial system is just that ... an OPINION. The british system is "a bit s.h.i.t.e." for one simple reason: You divide / multiply everything by NOT 10 ... which makes math and thus SCIENCE much easier! If the person who invented the foot had divided it into 10 inches ... and declared 10 feet to be a yard it would have worked better, but "you" didnt. And dont get me started on your old currency! The point I have to agree with is the calendar ... but the clock (especially the "60 minutes = 1 hour is requiring recalculations in science all the time. [One of the things the french tried was to create a "church of the supreme being" ... and the architect who was drawing plans for a temple (Étienne-Louis Boullée) could even give Adolf Hitler & Albert Speer a run for their money on the GIGANTISM of the designs.]
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  4. I have only read "Thoughts on present discontent" of his speeches about 10 years ago ... and back then it felt as if "50% of the trouble he describes is EXACTLY AS TODAY ... and the other 50% is about the royal family and its corruption of sorts".
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