1. @MattBruenig reminds us that the 1968 William Buckley vs. George Wallace debate was as much about welfare as race https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/status/640922342097571840 …
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2. American conservatism is an uneasy alliance between the snobs & slobs. Another George Wallace story is pertinent.
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3. The late National Review columnist Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was an ardent monarchist: monarchy was best form of government
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4. At some point in 1960s, von Kuehnelt-Leddihn introduced to Wallace. Started lecturing Wallace about how USA needs a monarchy.
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5. Wallace responded to the effect that he didn't think the people of Alabama would take to Wallace being proclaimed King.
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6. Otto von Habsburg, pretender to Austrian throne, was another National Review writer. Said NR only American magazine that talked sense.
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7. Any coalition of snobs & slobs is bound to unstable, as we're seeing now with civil war on right over Donald Trump.
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