With the post-Trump era underway, the debate about conservatism's future moves ahead.
My recent @WSJ @AmerCompass conversation with @GeraldFSeib @GeorgeWill helpfully distills some of the conflicts between the Legacy (Will) and Reform (Cass) sides. americancompass.org/the-commons/a-…
My recent @WSJ @AmerCompass conversation with @GeraldFSeib @GeorgeWill helpfully distills some of the conflicts between the Legacy (Will) and Reform (Cass) sides. americancompass.org/the-commons/a-…
Conservative focus: (1/5)
Legacy: Rapid economic growth and a return to the debate about reforming entitlements.
Reform: New conservative solutions to new challenges like China, inequality, technology, financialization, which may mean a different role for government.
Legacy: Rapid economic growth and a return to the debate about reforming entitlements.
Reform: New conservative solutions to new challenges like China, inequality, technology, financialization, which may mean a different role for government.
Policy agenda: (2/5)
Legacy: First, free trade. Second, geographic mobility. Americans have to be willing to get up and move.
Reform: Investment, labor, education. Policies should make the economy work for for people, not demand that people up and change for the economy.
Legacy: First, free trade. Second, geographic mobility. Americans have to be willing to get up and move.
Reform: Investment, labor, education. Policies should make the economy work for for people, not demand that people up and change for the economy.
Conservatism vs. populism: (3/5)
Legacy: Populism celebrates the instant desires of large numbers of people, isn't conservative.
Reform: Populism also means taking seriously people's concerns and respecting their sentiments and traditions, which is fundamentally conservative.
Legacy: Populism celebrates the instant desires of large numbers of people, isn't conservative.
Reform: Populism also means taking seriously people's concerns and respecting their sentiments and traditions, which is fundamentally conservative.
Working class vs. establishment: (4/5)
Legacy: Cognitive stratification of modern society is inevitable. We must not discover yet another entitlement, to preserve a way of life.
Reform: The establishment must try harder to narrow and bridge social gaps.
Legacy: Cognitive stratification of modern society is inevitable. We must not discover yet another entitlement, to preserve a way of life.
Reform: The establishment must try harder to narrow and bridge social gaps.
Future leaders: (5/5)
Legacy: @BenSasse, who has a history PhD, though agenda TBD.
Reform: @marcorubio, @SenTomCotton, @RepAGonzalez. People rethinking economic policy and showing the way toward a multi-ethnic, working-class conservatism.
Legacy: @BenSasse, who has a history PhD, though agenda TBD.
Reform: @marcorubio, @SenTomCotton, @RepAGonzalez. People rethinking economic policy and showing the way toward a multi-ethnic, working-class conservatism.
Thank you to @WSJ and @AmerCompass for hosting the event and @GeraldFSeib and @GeorgeWill for an illuminating evening. You can watch the full event and read the transcript here: americancompass.org/event/what-now…
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