Perhaps of some interest to the Moldbug enthusiasts here is the Examining Idealism series recently written by James_G on his blog.
Part 2
Yes, yes, I've often heard that Fear is the essential conservative emotion, but I think that "conservative sentiment" and "right-wing sentiment" are very different things in this regard. Because a commited leftist/liberal (in Moldbug's description), one who even bases their identity on "Egalitarianism" and "Fairness" and "Justice" and such abstractions, might at the same time be driven by fear a lot, be averse to change, etc. It's just that a belief in the goodness of "Progress" is piggy-...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, even in Discussion, it goes here.