1. A brief riff: the American intellectual right was very anti-democratic before mid-1970s (see National Review on Franco) & very anti-democratic since (Thiel being prime example). What was exception was brief window (1970s-2008) when right was relatively pro-democratic https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1159495342204887040 …
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Excellent thread. Josh Marshall has long referred to the “brittle grip” by big-$ right wingers afraid of democracy. This provides intellectual context.
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@HeerJeet: "1. A brief riff: the American intellectual right was very anti-democratic before mid-1970s (see National Review on Franc […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1159499646504513537.html … Have a good day.
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But in that case, no one should be a small-d democrat, because we all have things which we believe to be true, & which we are unwilling to give up, even if the majority is against us.
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Helen Andrews has an interesting piece in First Things suggesting that as the United States becomes more Latin American (or non white) the right will increasingly resemble third world right wing movements too. She just scratches the surface, but it's a big idea.
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That's very plausible although I would also say that elements of the right have always felt an affinity for Latin America (Buckley family's longstanding ties to Mexico is instructive and, going back, many confederates went south after 1865).
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Except Toqueville didn’t quite do that — what with his full-throttle support for the Party of Order.
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NOTHING says DEMOCRACY like losing 31 elections in a row, then turning to philosopher-king Anthony Kennedy to invent a new "constitutional right"pic.twitter.com/Oy5n4OYgEE
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Great thread, Jeet
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