This was all interesting, and I’m thankful you’ve shared. On reading, I’m not seeing any connection to the discussion at hand, that of Conservatism and whether or not it has or hasn’t existed in the US.

But to comment anyhow - I find it difficult to understand what the transcribed speech is saying. Mostly because I don’t think I understand what the speaker means by “spiritual”. As a term, I have found “spirit” and its derivatives to be nebulous and unhelpful at best, and pernicious at worst. But my experience with the word is primarily through American Christianity, from which I’m an apostate. So I must decline to ascribe to the speaker there what my own brain interjects. But that leaves the speech largely unintelligible to me. That’s nothing against the speaker, but rather an admission of my own ignorance.

The Dawn of Everything seems interesting though. Seems to have gotten good reception from historians. I’ll add it to the list.