2. Brooks & Sullivan came to prominence during the 1990s, when a centrist consensus seemed like the inevitable future of American politics.
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3. Now both parties are moving away from the centrist consensus: GOP embracing white nationalism, Dems more open to social democracy & identity politics. Brooks & Sullivan are left homeless.
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4.Having no political home, Brooks talks about forming a third party. The problem is that his version of conservative centrism would appeal to, I'm guessing, 1% of the population (mostly newspaper editors & billionaires).
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5. A Third Party of Brookists & Sullianites is absurd. There's another path: retreating to the woods.
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6. There's a tradition within libertarianism called "retreatism" -- going back to the land. Centrists like Brooks & Sullivan should follow:https://newrepublic.com/article/147088/case-retreatism-trump-era …
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Nope. No pity for either of those fools. :)
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They aren’t Centrists. Your misuse of that word really annoys me.
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Both voted for Hillary Clinton
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