I read the Bret Stephens NYT piece which I thought also captured the fundamentals of Trump's anti-establishment positioning, and Howard's book sounds interesting. But every time I hear this thesis, the chill returns as I recall reading Patrick Deenen's 'Why Liberalism Failed' in 2018. He's a lot more skeptical that we can reverse the course of over-reaching government by a return to libertarian ideals. He worries that it is those libertarian ideals themselves, intrinsic to the American Experiment which brought us to this paradoxical impasse whereby the relentless protection of each individuals' liberties requires an ever more muscular and intrusive state. I really hope that's not true, but Trumps' message of 'tear it all down' without any plan for 'replace it with this,' fits with Deenen's very dark conclusion that 3-4 centuries of experimentation with liberalism has run its course...
The coming debt crises will supersede many other issues, regardless of the political party.
I read the Bret Stephens NYT piece which I thought also captured the fundamentals of Trump's anti-establishment positioning, and Howard's book sounds interesting. But every time I hear this thesis, the chill returns as I recall reading Patrick Deenen's 'Why Liberalism Failed' in 2018. He's a lot more skeptical that we can reverse the course of over-reaching government by a return to libertarian ideals. He worries that it is those libertarian ideals themselves, intrinsic to the American Experiment which brought us to this paradoxical impasse whereby the relentless protection of each individuals' liberties requires an ever more muscular and intrusive state. I really hope that's not true, but Trumps' message of 'tear it all down' without any plan for 'replace it with this,' fits with Deenen's very dark conclusion that 3-4 centuries of experimentation with liberalism has run its course...
Get a party to make this philosophy their platform and I'll vote for them!!! Bravo!!
A good start would be moving the fed bureaucracy to Omaha and similar cities.
That would be a great speech, we need our Javier Milei to say it, and have the intelligence to deliver on it.