I am a true conservative

A title of a book written by Lenin what is to Be Done, justified a vanguard party leading to a world without an oppressive economy, the state and even the vanguard party.

The Book was historically specific but the title is still relevant. For myself a guide post. 
Beneath a reedy coating of dangerous radicalism and deep-seated revolutionary beats the heart of a true conservative. The resistance of indigenous tribes, slave rebellions, abolitionists, reconstruction radical republicans, anarchists, populist of the 1890’s, Socialist Party of America, Industrialist Workers of the World, Popular Front Communists, are part of American History that makes me proud.

Marx represents more than a man, but a tradition deeply divided but the debates that embody a fertile energetic discussion rooted in opulent exhilaration. Kropotkin is the most stimulating and eloquent anarchist. Karl Polanyi is the father of economic anthropology and ethical economics, finally Camus the isolated humanist rebel of the spirit. Each of them and not the individual but the tradition they represent. Beacons in the stormy darkness of a cold winter’s night and every solution are but a step. Every answer leads to more paradoxes and difficulties that open more doors of hope. Working hard for Social Democracy, only to move beyond it to Democratic Socialism thus showing the way to true self-governing stateless communism. These are but very broad outlines of a very general direction with everyday actions creating still new issues to overcome. Each solution creates new problems. Which in turn creates new opportunities. But, not to move is unacceptable.

 

Michael Joseph Francisconi (Papa Sconi)

96 Fern Lane

Dillon, Montana

50725