While conservatives on Twitter are debating the future of conservatism and jockeying for position, the Twitterless George Will's THE CONSERVATIVE SENSIBILITY is selling like hot cakes to normal people who have no idea the debate is happening.
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People are turning away from a Tea-Party-style obsession with the Founders, yes, but they're turning to Dave Rubins and Jordan Petersons.
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(HT @helenghealey, who reminds me of this every time I get too excited about postliberal questions.)
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On the other hand, DIGNITY seems to be outselling THE CONSERVATIVE SENSIBILITY.
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I feel this way about my own little book (not selling like hot cakes on Will’s level, but definitely outselling many books that make much noise on Twitter). Much that has real influence somehow escapes notice in the trench warfare of social media. (A good thing in general.)
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To the extent Enlightenment values convey religion without meaning, science, or reason, those values ARE wrong.
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Yes it’s true that twitter doesn’t matter. But I think it’s also true that these books don’t matter. I mean, the God Emperor didn’t ask any pundit how to bring the Universe to its knees.
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books that don’t sell well can still bring about a lot of change, certainly
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Ok gotta work on that pitch
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