11. Because Trump's defence of white privilege encompasses white working class (who are genuinely distressed) it has claims to be populist
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12. Animating every conservatism is a vision of a Paradise Lost, an Eden destroyed. For Burke: the Versailles of Marie Antoinette
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13 For Leo Strauss, the Athens of Socrates; for the Southern Agrarians, the Plantation (slave) South; for religious right, pre-secular world
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14. If Burke had Court of Marie Antoinette, what is Trump's Paradise Lost? I'd say mid-century America. John Wayne's America.
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15. It's not an accident Trump is trumpeting endorsement of John Wayne's family. Trump's promise is a return to John Wayne's world.
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16. J. Wayne's world non purely white world.Minorities have their place: Wayne's real life Latino wives, slave in Alamo.But white man on top
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@DouthatNYT Trump's promise is the end of decadence, the return of growth, the revival of (yes, mid-century vision of) the USA Future.6 replies 4 retweets 10 likes -
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18. Mr. Douthat is right about that facet of Trump's appeal: to idea that mid-20th-century USA was place of can-do vigor & competence.
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19. As ridiculous as Trump seems to non-fans, to his base he embodies managerial competence. The America that could do things.
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@HeerJeet@mjohnsonuu Here we recall fascism was a modernist movement. Modernism was a key separator between it & trad authoritarianism.0 replies 0 retweets 3 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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