Speculation: in 1950s right intellectuals looking for a mass movement to hitch wagon to. Southern resistance to Civil rights fit the bill.
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@JustinRaimondo Maybe the case with Buckley. Not sure about other National Reviewers like Burnham, etc. Seems opportunistic in some cases.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Wrong. Burnham opposed all civil rights legislation & upheld "scientific" racism: http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/James_Burnham#cite_note-Muravchik-30 …4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JustinRaimondo of anti-colonial resistance. His embrace of racism really came in 1950s, so I think it was opportunistic. At least debatable1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JustinRaimondo 2) his secularism (he couldn't defend hierarchy with appeal to God so needed "science" to bolster imperialist politics).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@JustinRaimondo Thanks! I would be a sequel to your own book (or at least built on it). Am toying with idea.
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