In "Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future," Patrick Deneen extensively addresses the question that evaded him in his first groundbreaking work: What comes after liberalism?
But how does one become a member of the "elite"? We already have an elite class which you mentioned was ineffective. What's to say the elite class you're proposing would be any different? It's a nice idea in theory: to have a Catholic aristocracy that truly wants to look out for their people, but how is that possible? Division is a part of life. It won't simply disappear with a new elite.
Good review. But not as good as Charles Haywood's.
But how does one become a member of the "elite"? We already have an elite class which you mentioned was ineffective. What's to say the elite class you're proposing would be any different? It's a nice idea in theory: to have a Catholic aristocracy that truly wants to look out for their people, but how is that possible? Division is a part of life. It won't simply disappear with a new elite.