Depending on Evil

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · May 20, 2026 · 7m

In “Depending on Evil” (Chalcedon Report No. 112), Rushdoony argues that modern states consistently trust and support evil regimes because corruption is predictable, purchasable, and controllable, whereas righteousness and freedom are not. Using the long history of European and later global protection of the corrupt Turkish state as a central example, he shows how powers repeatedly defended tyranny—not out of ignorance, but because evil could be relied upon to serve power politics, commerce, and strategic interests. From the suppression of Christian minorities to the betrayal of Armenians…