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The Right, as presently constituted, has major structural obstructions to achieving lasting power in the US. For a couple big reasons:
1) those with more intellectual pretensions (and some without) are part of the Right mainly because they are contrary and ornery. There’ve been>
1) those with more intellectual pretensions (and some without) are part of the Right mainly because they are contrary and ornery. There’ve been>
> a few who seem to have joined the Right only for the pleasure of dissenting, into smaller and more baroque purity spirals.
2. The general belief that every American “is just a millionaire with a temporary cash-flow problem”. This keeps ordinary people from seeing their social>
2. The general belief that every American “is just a millionaire with a temporary cash-flow problem”. This keeps ordinary people from seeing their social>
> situation as it is, accepting that pulling yourself up by bootstraps isn’t enough, and looking to organize with others of similar class to get at least some benefits and breaks.
...at least gaining some political power as a persistent and lasting bloc to force putting your wants on the agenda. Not just some temporary movement that falls apart after the Chief that started it leaves the scene.
But...you know.
But...you know.
