Modern conservatism is not newly post-liberal. Seeds of authoritarian leader admiration were sown with Reagan. His disciples are aging boomers still finding themselves “surprised” that the dog whistles became open bigotry a mere generation or so later. Anti-union, scientific limits on private enterprise, bad blackness, police/military ad…
Modern conservatism is not newly post-liberal. Seeds of authoritarian leader admiration were sown with Reagan. His disciples are aging boomers still finding themselves “surprised” that the dog whistles became open bigotry a mere generation or so later. Anti-union, scientific limits on private enterprise, bad blackness, police/military adoration, and the poisonous justifications of thievery embodied in trickle down have hollowed out the working class and destroyed the dreams of a middle class. Any wonder the commitment to liberal democracy has declined. Under Republican administrations, or by their out of office obstruction, the system has not worked for them. Look back JVL; listen to Joe Scarborough twist himself in knots explaining his cultist devotion to Reagan. Geez …not hard to see.
Modern conservatism is not newly post-liberal. Seeds of authoritarian leader admiration were sown with Reagan. His disciples are aging boomers still finding themselves “surprised” that the dog whistles became open bigotry a mere generation or so later. Anti-union, scientific limits on private enterprise, bad blackness, police/military adoration, and the poisonous justifications of thievery embodied in trickle down have hollowed out the working class and destroyed the dreams of a middle class. Any wonder the commitment to liberal democracy has declined. Under Republican administrations, or by their out of office obstruction, the system has not worked for them. Look back JVL; listen to Joe Scarborough twist himself in knots explaining his cultist devotion to Reagan. Geez …not hard to see.