Tag: conservativism
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Post-Trump: Republicans must return to Republicanism as Moral and Philosophical Guide
Brink Lindsey argues that the answer for Republicans is staring them in the face — in their very name. In post-Trump Right, Republicans must return to Republicanism as moral and philosophical guide. This expression would be staunchly anti-racist, anti-tyranny, cosmopolitan and mature. “To build a new, post-Trump right, we need a new political language in…
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The Dan Smoot Report, 1966: “A Constitutional Republic, Not a Democracy”
“The ideal of a constitutional republic is individual liberty. In this century, great strides have been made toward the goal of subverting our republic, and transforming it into a democracy. The foremost tactic of the subverters is subversion of “language” — by calling America a democracy, until people thoughtlessly accept the term, and use the…
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