Post Liberalism, Augustine, and Building the City of God | Chad Pecknold

In this episode:
- Dr. Chad Pecknold from CUA joins Marlo Slayback and Johnny Burtka to discuss post-liberalism
- how post-liberalism differentiates itself from other camps in conservatism
- how St. Augustine defines freedom
Texts Mentioned:
The City of God, Against the Pagans, by Augustine of Hippo
The Religious Nature of the City, by Chad Pecknold
Where Augustine is Not Silent, by Chad Pecknold
St. Augustine’s Journey to Easter, by Chad Pecknold
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[@Gerwulf97]

I hear you on many points, and am very keen on christian post-liberalism and have been listening to what I can, but using coercive force against the will of the people does not sound right, and even if you believe it is right,, will not last. What happens with imposed rules is people revolt and topple the system, prohibition is a great example.
The problem I believe is you are not thinking about logistics, just because you need to do something does not mean you can actually do it! And the attempt at doing it will not only fail, but be damaging and potentially sucidal
I like military history, so I'll give you one example; When the japanese overran the phillipines there were 150,000 US and phillipine troops. They were completely stranded, but in your view the United States had to save them, they were its soldiers, it was its duty and responsibility to save them and it was. The problem was the ships and the soldiers and the supplies to sail through thousands of miles of enemy held ocean against superior numerically and technically forces did not exist. Perhaps we could have abandoned the defense of Hawaii and midway to send reinforcements, which all would've met a watery grave and opened up midway and hawaii for attack. The point is, needing to do something is not the same as having the capacity to do it, and that is what dictates successful decisions.