1. All the major problems of American politics are the fault of intellectuals.
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2. Prior to 1960s, political parties were ideological heterogenous. You had fairy liberal Republicans and very conservative Democrats.
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3. Ideological heterogenous parties allowed for the kind of cross-party alliances you need to do things in America's silly Madisonian system
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4. But they intellectuals came along on the right & left who wanted to make the parties more ideological coherent.
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5. With the rise of movement conservatism, liberal Republicans purged from GOP, just as New politics purged conservatives from Dems.
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6. The result is the ideological polarization & gridlock we see now.
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7. Trumpism is an anti-intellectual movement emerge in response to political system intellectuals created.
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8. The ideological incoherence of Trumpism is attempt to do end-run around current rigidity of political system which creates paralysis.
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9. Trumpism led by someone other than Trump (an unstable egoist) could lead to something positive: more politically flexible parites
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10. @DouthatNYT, @drvox & others say I attribute too much power to intellectuals. Maybe! Let's recast this a little.
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11. Instead of saying intellectuals shaped parties too much, let's say parties are ideologically polarized & rigid.
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12. Appeal of Trumpism is of a politics that might be incoherent but is more flexible & fluid (led by supposedly great deal maker).
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