Toryism Lives!

Derb tries to keep the flame alive in America:

We must revive the fine tradition of conservative pessimism. In this age, optimism is for children and fools.  And liberals.

Some children will be left behind. You cannot "remake the Middle East" or "defeat evil." The poor will always be with us. Black and white will never mingle together in unselfconscious harmony. Corporations will not research and explore without hope of profit. Russia will not become Sweden. Forty million immigrants speaking a single language will not assimilate.

Conservatives used to know all this.  Some the infallibly sapient Roger Kimball, for example still do.  The smiley-faces are leading us to perdition.  They must be shouted down.

Yes, we can!

No, you can't, you bloody fools.