Antidotal examines
Straussian ideology and its influence in current government circles:
If we assume that there are people in power who take Strauss’ stuff seriously, though, tit does feature a number of worrying elements. Strauss’ political theory, like his interpretive theory, is unapologetically elitist and infused with esotoricism. He roughly proposes that rights are best protected when an elite class of “liberal gentlemen” are ascendant and that there are truths that the masses are simply not equipped to handle. As such, the impulses of those regular folks should be tamed by the bromides of religion…stop me if any of this sounds applicable to the current situation…