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This is a great extended essay I was sent by (also written by) @Jargon_0 on the history of right populism in the last 150 or so years of American history. I have always been conflicted in trying to understand the history of conservative/rightist politics
This is a great extended essay I was sent by (also written by) @Jargon_0 on the history of right populism in the last 150 or so years of American history. I have always been conflicted in trying to understand the history of conservative/rightist politics
(I use these terms as a stand in for the the healthier aspects of American political life, they dont always necessarily match with traditional poly sci definitions of these things). For example, in my lectures as a student teacher in grad school on the history of the conservative
movement, I presented it as essentially a material issue. Earlier conservative politics were funded by more domestic, even regional business types(think of extractive resource based industries) and the inclusion of more high finance types in the 70's and 80's changed the
nature and priorities of conservative politics. However, from purely an ideological and political perspective, I think @Jargon_0 comes much closer to understanding how our political priorities became warped in the cold war. I highly suggest looking at this.
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