Lot of great & thoughtful answers to this query. I like idea of preface on post-New Deal right wing radicalism, but I'd start chapter 1 in..https://twitter.com/pashulman/status/787699462173057026 …
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1994 w/Gingrich revolution. Of course need accounts of modern conservatism, Reagan, post-65 immigration-but politics took a
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swerve in 1994 that seems key to this history. Then build up to GWB & fantasy of "permanent Republican majority," & quick implosion of
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central party authority post-Iraq, Katrina, & economic collapse. Think there's a reason Gingrich is a Trumpist & Reagan rev era McCain isn't
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But yeah, there are deep undercurrents that can go back centuries, for sure.
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I'd start with formation of anti-New Deal rejectionist right, circa 1932/33.
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That's an essential part of the history. When do you think Trumpism became a *likely* outcome though? Or even a necessary one?
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As i've written elsewhere, I think the neo-con/paleo-con split in 1980s is key moment.
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