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Of conservative philosophy

F. H. Buckley (George Mason): The Poverty of Conservative Philosophy. “I thought I understood the American Right. Trump proved me wrong”: Historian of conservatism Rick Perlstein looks back at how he and his peers failed to anticipate the rise of the president. Ezra Klein on what Donald Trump understands about conservatism. “Compassionate conservatism” won’t be back anytime soon. Hamilton Nolan on the struggle for the soul of the Republican Party’s empty sloganeering. Where are the conservatives we need? There is an emptiness where serious attempts at problem-solving used to be.

“Let me rephrase this. Christian Democracy works in Europe, because their rich people believe that watered-down socialism prevents Bolshevism. Our rich people believe that watered-down socialism is Bolshevism”.