A Conservative’s Manifesto: Why capitalism, technology, and television are a threat to our traditional values Evs oe r dy oaegse ehaacsh i tcsoonwq un esrpoer c. i aI nl f ot hr em se iog fh itme epnetrhi aal ins dm .nAi nned tt eh ee ni rt hm ceet hn ot udr ioefs i, n wv ahsei onn t hwea sB troi t issehn dmtahset ei rr enda vt yh,e t ha er tn, tehdeui cr aat ri omnya, l t hs yesnt etmh e. i rT ahde mAi mn i es trri caat onrss ,naonwd df ion ai ltl yd itfhf ee ri r ently. We send our television shows. The method has mu rs ei ocno mo cmc ue nr sd wi t i. t Nh oe ui tth el ors as romf i leisf enaonr dn wa vi itehso uc lta smhubcyh nr iegshi st t; atnhcee .i nIvt ai s b Ral o u s a s o s s t bia o t n h t s h a t p h t l h a e v e a e s s u u r n n a o b n t l e e y v ae e n t r d s f e q ig t u s u i r c o e k n d . a In n o u a A t m fe w e w r h i ya c e a t a ni r s t s e, l h w e a v e p i sp s i h e o a n nl i l n s b h g e o . w a W b . l T h e e h t n o e K“ Wh reu swhicl lhbe uv r ys ayi do uo, ”f ht hees pWo ekset a(sb au tp rme o- esltel yc t rtohni ni ck imn ga no, ft hAi mn keirni gc ai)n, terms of nineteenth-century Realpolitik. Had he been a more cc ao rnesfcui ol us tsundees ns ti so bf oMr anrex ,o nh et hwe owu li dn ghs aov fe treecmh neoml obgeyr .e dH et hma ti gphotl itthi ceanl k t h h e a a e v n p e a r g r e r m a ly s i i p e n s e g . d P o t e n h r a h t n a i p e n s l e e t c G e t o e r r o n b m t a h a c - g c h e n e n e v t t u i u c r n y w d ea f r o v s r e t m s a n s p de o s n . f e B it m r u a t p t e i e f r m i t a h l o e is r m e R u d s w e s e i h a p i n l l e y s ct hoenmt i sneulivnegs ttuor nmi nagk ei n ttoe rar ibTlhei r dt e lWe voirslido nc o suhnot rwy .s , t h e y m a y f i n d One would think, of course, that Europeans would be fully pa wr oabraebol yf wc oh na tf oi su nhda epdp ebnyi n gt h. eA nf adcmt at hnayt a trhe e. TAhmo seer iwc ahno ma reet nh oo td a roef idmo piesr isael ni sdm oius rmtoerl ee vsi us ibotnl e pt rhoagnr ai tmms .i gNh ot ts eeexma c. t Il ys. a Wi d ht ha ta twweh raet awl l ye send is our idea of television. To understand what is meant by the idea of television, one must allow a distinction between a bt ercahi nn oi sl o gt oy at hned ma imn de d. i Lu imk e. At htee cbhrnaoi nl o, gay ti es cthonao lmo geyd i iusma wphhayts itchael aa pp pp aa rraattuuss . i sL ipk ue t .t hTee ml e vi ni sdi o, na ims eeds isuemn t iiasl l ay ut hs ee tsoa mweh itcehc han oplhoygsyi cianl Af emr eenrti cma eadni da , iuns eEdu ri no pdei .f f eBruetn ft owr af yo sr t, yf oyr eda irfsf e, ri et nht aps ubr ep eons etsw, bo a ds ei fd on different suppositions. This essay— which was a lecture given to the Vienna Club, a ge xr opul opr eosf sc oo mn see rovfa tt hi vees eA up sotirni tasn i nb ugs ri ne ea tses r pde eotpaliel . aBnudt at coa dp re omviicdse—a bt iaocnk og rf owuhnadt fios rc ot hnisse dr vi sactui ssms i oann, dt hweh eys sma oy dael rs no cgaope ist ai nl i tsoma aenxdp tl ae nc ha nology are threats to the preservation of traditional values. By Neil Postman DI l leussi gt rna tbi oy nC bo yn nAi en nG iMl boerrgt a n Clinton St. Quarterly—Winter, 1988-89 7
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