[lbo-talk] Straussian moralist as high rolling gamber

[Bradford DeLong]

>On Sat, 3 May 2003 19:35:34 -0400 "Luke Weiger" <lweiger at umich.edu>
>writes:
>>  > Bennett says that he sees no moral issues with his gambling.
>>  > Was he speaking exoterically or esoterically?
>>  >
>>  > Jim F.
>>
>>  Bennett's not a neocon, and not all neocons (a label which really
>>  just means
>  > conservatives who happen to be Jewish) are Straussians.

Neither. Improvidence is a sin anyway you slice it. The hoi polloi 
and the "gentlemen" need to be taught thrift and control of their 
appetites. And if you wish to be one of the Esoteric Masters, you 
cannot have a soul so out of balance as to drop millions at the slot 
machines.