Maybe the paleo vs neocon distinction is less clear than it once seemed, esp with Iraq further in the rearview
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Paleo and Neo intersection was closest on Burnham’s new class. Neo instinct was to restrain and check or, at best, ennoble the New Class. Paleo instinct was to seek to overthrow it.
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yeah that’s a very nice way to put it
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Another intersection is that both neo and paleo anticipated a more secular right centered on the nation. So yes, there’s been some overlap in the Trump era in commentary on the media, pushback against cosmopolitans and the leftZ
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I think if you look at the writings of the paleos in the late 80s and early 90s Trump is pretty much what they were hoping would come along
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Yeah. Incredible to look at Francis writing on a Ceasarist president who can go above the media and connect directly.
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But this election really rebukes paleos on the effect of immigration, I think.
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Say what you will about the first-generation neocons' other positions, but they weren't blindsided by the ideological evolution of the "white ethnics."
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Buckley’s mayoral run was the first flower of white ethnic conservatism, no?
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George Wallace's popularity with "white ethnics" in the north when he toured their in 1964 was also an early warming sign
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