Principles and Heresies

“New Men” or Whole Men?

During this lull between the conventions and the unleashing of the full power of the election campaign, while the actors maneuver for position on the floor of Congress and the threatening Soviet thunder plays obligato from the four corners of the earth, we may do well to consider an aspect of the state of the nation that it will be difficult to keep in perspective in the hurly-burly between Labor Day and Election Day. It is a chilling development, long heralded but now materialized in our politics in full substance: the emergence of the machine-made man as claimant for primacy in our polity.

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

“New Men” or Whole Men?

During this lull between the conventions and the unleashing of the full power of the election campaign, while the actors maneuver for position on the floor of Congress and the threatening Soviet thunder plays obligato from the four corners of the earth, we may do well to consider an aspect of the state of the nation that it will be difficult to keep in perspective in the hurly-burly between Labor Day and Election Day. It is a chilling development, long heralded but now materialized in our politics in full substance: the emergence of the machine-made man as claimant for primacy in our polity.