1. A few quick thoughts on Francisco Franco, the Socialist International, assassination attempts against Charles De Gaulle, Ross Douthat, Marion, Maréchal-Le Pen, CPAC, & the pretender to the Austrian-Hungarian empire.
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Bari Weiss
2. Some people are expressing surprise at the presence of Marion Maréchal-Le Pen at CPAC but it helps to know the history of the Reactionary Internationalhttps://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/966781463365636101 …
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3. We all know about the Socialist International and there is also a Liberal International but more informally there has long been a cross-fertilization of the European & American right.
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4. As George Nash and other historians have noted, the American conservatism born after 1945 was very heavily indebted to European emerges (Strauss, Voegelin, Hayek) & very oriented towards European cultures (particularly Catholic ones).
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This political cross-pollination goes two ways, and starts before WW II. Hitler's Nuremberg Laws were formulated using experience of Jim Crow laws.
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I know but I wanted to avoid Godwin's Law!
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