A couple of thoughts about this piece, which is kind enough to spare me from its purge (somebody's got to write the sex robots pieces, I guess):http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/the-media-can-be-ideologically-diverse-without-conservatives.html …
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Levitz is correct that there are lots of interesting left-versus-liberal debates that deserve a wider airing in establishment organs. He could have just written that half of the piece without the pandering first half, but oh well.
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He's also correct that most conservative writers don't represent where the GOP is right now, and so the case for hiring/publishing conservatives rests on their/our interestingness more than their "representation" of the Trump admin.
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But the idea that bc the GOP under Trump is ideologically paralyzed (mostly true) the intra-conservative intellectual conversation is boring and paralyzed as well is ... not at all true. Indeed it's the opposite of true.
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This T.A. Frank feature is a good rundown of how, in some ways, there hasn't been a more interesting time to read conservatives arguing with one another since the '70s or '50s:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2018/01/25/feature/why-conservative-magazines-are-more-important-than-ever/?utm_term=.4eb5c63118a6 …
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You've got conservatives representing the center-right flank of
#TheResistance, conservatives experimenting with European-style nationalism and Catholic integralism, conservatives for isolation and internationalism and everything in between.9 replies 6 retweets 47 likesShow this thread -
These arguments aren't shaping Trumpian policymaking because nothing is likely to shape Trumpian policymaking. But it is very likely that they'll shape future formations of right-wing and centrist policy, and have influence on the liberal-left debate Levitz cites as well.
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To be fair, ideas flow from conservative magazines to Trump aides to Trump. On trade and immigration, there are plenty of paleocons who have made more precise policy proposals that match Trump’s inchoate instincts.
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