Political Science · Political Theory
Who criticised the development of welfarism and the 'counterculture'?
AIrving Kristol ✓ Correct
BMichael Oakeshott
CJoseph de Maistre
DEdmund Burke
Correct answer: (A) Irving Kristol — Irving Kristol criticised welfarism and the counterculture, so the answer is Kristol.
Explanation
★Irving Kristol criticised welfarism and the counterculture, so the answer is Kristol.
★As the godfather of neoconservatism, he attacked the expansion of the welfare state in the United States.
★He argued that welfare programmes bred dependency and weakened individual responsibility.
★He also opposed the 1960s counterculture for eroding traditional morality and authority.
★A neoconservative is often described as a liberal who has been mugged by reality.
★Oakeshott and Maistre belong to British modern and French reactionary conservatism respectively.
★Edmund Burke predates these debates as the founder of traditional conservatism.
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