1. Do we have enough a pity in our hearts to shed a few tears for orphaned centrists like David Brooks & Andrew Sullivan?
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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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Will you stop deliberately misleading people by calling them Centrists?
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And right here you lost me. The nineties began with the syndication of Rush Limbaugh and ended with the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton and the revenge of the Bushes. By 9/11, centrism was dead.
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