This is a common view of the history of the conservative movement, but I think it obscures more than it reveals and there’s always been a symbiotic relationship between the elite right and the fever swamps.
My friends @daschloz and @sam_rosenfeld have PhDs and everything and made this case last year and I find their view persuasive.
nytimes.com/2019/01/15/opi…
nytimes.com/2019/01/15/opi…
One factor worth considering is that the conservative legal movement — which is the most highbrow and respectable form of conservative politics — is one of the most pro-Trump wings of the right, precisely because of their shared hostility to electoral democracy.
That’s not to say they’re doing Q Anon at Federalist Society meetings.
But the hyper-elitism and authoritarian populism are two sides of the same coin, articulated in “Why The South Must Prevail” and onwards.
But the hyper-elitism and authoritarian populism are two sides of the same coin, articulated in “Why The South Must Prevail” and onwards.
