The political conservatism of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound is perhaps best explained by reference to their love for the literary tradition. The connection goes something like Scruton's argument: because Handel wrote music unmatched by anything composed today, we must go on with the fox hunt (or child labor, disenfranchisement of women, the slave trade).
The human mind's capacity for associating disassociate ideas appears unfettered by any logical considerations.
On another note, I have always wondered why fascism (Pound) should be considered a conservative movement.
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