Part II of my series on social change at FEE is now live. In this part, I focus on the important role played by a small group — usually lacking central organization or command-order — in protecting ideals that are usually diluted and defeated by mass movements.
It is the job of the Remnant to defend the undefendable from (what seems to be) the inevitable. This works to remind those who identify with the tradition what their principles really are and to attract fellow members of the Remnant at large. If nothing else, they will preserve the ideas and traditions which may otherwise be lost to populism.