@HeerJeet That doesn't make Trump a populist, but it does mean he's trying to exploit a populist space, if that distinction makes sense.
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@notjessewalker I've been meaning to re-read Warren as a way of getting at Trump's roots, so, yeah, this make sense.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@notjessewalker Warren's analysis fed into that early 1990s Buchanan/Rockwell/Rothbart/SamFrancis gestalt, right?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet Speaking of Rothbard—did you ever read the stuff he wrote in the '70s about his McCarthyite period in the '50s?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@notjessewalker No, didn't read. Rothbard had a McCarthyite period? I thought he supported Adlai Stevenson in 1950s?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet He was for both! See chapter 12 here: https://mises.org/sites/default/files/The%20Betrayal%20of%20the%20American%20Right_2.pdf …2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet He repudiated McCarthy by the '60s, but his explanation of how he had been both pro-McCarthy and anti-Cold War is interesting.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet For all its weirdness there's some wisdom there about McCarthy/Trump-style media-based rabble-rousing.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@notjessewalker Whenever Trump goes against Bush, McCain, Kristol, Fox News, Krauthammer, George Will etc. -- I find myself cheering.
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