7. Reaganism greatly intensified economic inequality, along both class & regional lines. De-inindustrialization created a new plebeian class
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8. On the right, the divide was between increasingly neo-conservative establishment & emerging paleo-conservative revolt.
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9. The divide between the neos & the paleos was along internationalist/nationalist lines on trade, immigration & America's global posture.
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9. Neo-cons: free trade, more immigration, USA global hegemony justified by democracy promotion.
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10. Paleo-cons: protectionism, immigration restriction, nationalist foreign policy that rejected rhetoric of global democracy.
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11. But beyond the nationalist/internationalist divide was class & ethnic division. Paleos saw themselves as avatars of white plebeian rage.
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12. Paleo-con who was most clear about this was late Sam Francis, who called for movement of Middle American radicals modelled on David Duke
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13. NEO-CONS: Paleos are anti-Semitic whack-jobs. PALEO-CONS: Neos are establishment sell outs. ME: Stop arguing! You're both right!
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14. Paleo/neo split maps closely to the alt-right/
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15. I map out the history of how paleo-conservatism prefigured Trumpism in this article:https://newrepublic.com/article/136837/future-trump …
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16. Final point bout Sam Francis; one of his biggest legacies was he taught people on the right to have contempt for conservative movement.
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17. In 1980s conservative movement had a triumphalist mythology running from Buckley to Goldwater to Reagan. Sam Francis said this was crap.
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18. Francis scorned the conservative movement as being made up losers ("Beautiful Losers" was title of one of his books).
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