Posted on 11/04/2018 9:15:54 AM PST by Kaslin
One thing the American Right has forgotten through their bromides in favor of hyper individualism and the meandering status quo-ism is that humans are inherently collective beings. Now while things like land collectivization and seizing the means of production are terrible as public policies, humans do yearn to connect with others under the banner of a shared, common culture, language, background, and history.
Families, tribes, churches, fraternities, and other voluntary organic collectives are an integral and necessary part of the human experience. One such collective, I argue, is more important than all of those. It is the nation. Without a strong nation, all else collapses beneath it. When Americans are united amongst a common patriotism, everything else seems to fall into place. When they are not, the Constitution becomes little more than a piece of paper and society crumbles.
The neoliberal and neoconservative consensus - indeed, two wings on the same bird of prey feasting away at what's left of the health and prosperity of America - have pushed a false ideology upon us. This ideology rewards rampant consumerism instead of thrift. It rewards selfishness at the expense of the greater good. It has caused free-falling birth rates, widespread cultural degeneracy, a fractured and atomized populous, the dumbing down of society, and now jeopardizes the future of Western Civilization as we know it.
This consensus is under attack like never before. With the legacy media faltering and public rage on the uptick, the perfect storm was formed and the inconceivable effect of President Donald Trump happened. This has sent shockwaves through the world, as the madman-in-chief dances to the beat of his own drummer. But there is clearly a method to his madness. He has re-introduced nationalism back into the public zeitgeist at a time when it is desperately needed. This is the antidote to the failed Republican dogma that has allowed the left to grow so formidable over the years.
Conservatives, many of whom are well-meaning polite individuals, fell into the trap of being assimilated to the establishment and adopting their value system. After years in the Beltway, they grew to care more about how some cocktail parties viewed them than doing what was right for their nation. Unfashionable issues on borders, foreign policy, trade, etc. can get you isolated in Washington DC and quickly out of a job. These conservatives were happy to cling to their think-tank credentials, their media perches, their bureaucratic positions, and other establishment spoils while America was pissed away on their watch.
Groups such as libertarians on the other hand were once the insurgents pushing back against the conservative status quo, but once they achieved a bit of success, they fell into the same trappings. They began to moderate themselves at the behest of political consultants, grew comfortable in their government posts, became accustomed to the attention and accolades of the spotlight, and could shortly no longer be differentiated from the establishment. Now, they are situated on the sidelines as irrelevant as they ever were with very few exceptions.
Trump's aggressive push for nationalism will make it difficult for the mistakes of conservatism and libertarianism to be replicated once more. By keeping the focus on 'America First', it makes it difficult for special interests and oligarchs to co-opt the phenomenon he built. When the Koch Brothers propose globalist trade deals under 'free market' pretenses, it was difficult for a tea party conservative or libertarian to mount an effective argument against that policy. But for a nationalistic Trump Republican, it is second nature. If it doesn't put America first, the policy must be rejected every single time without exception.
Trump's message discipline is admirable. Although he may get caught in the weeds while making attacks on Twitter, he never loses focus of the big picture. It's not about big government or small government. It is not about a set of esoteric principles that are no longer germane. It is not about maintaining the facade of prestige within rotting government institutions. It is only about making America as independent, secure, healthy and prosperous as possible. Nationalism is the only possible defense of Western Civilization against radical leftist globalism. We are blessed to have a President in the oval office who understands that reality.
Nationalism = country’s leaders looking out for interests of their country.
Now, who could be against that?
Democrats
Yeah it’s amazing what a shot of Alpha Male testosterone does for the body politic, ain’t it....
Good on ya, President Trump. And thank you.
Leaders of GOP were never bright enough to fully understand that the progressives really were trying to sink our nation.
It wasn’t so long ago when it was the Democrats who railed against trade agreements like NAFTA, GATT and the WTO. They decried the loss of America jobs to China and elsewhere. Remember the Democrat firebrands on this like the late Congressman James Trafficant from Ohio? When Democrats espoused these ideas back them they were lauded for defending working class Americans. Fast forward twenty plus years later President Trump has followed through on this agenda and then some. Now it’s called xenophobia!
Faith in God and Nationalism is how this great country was born. A return to those ideals would be a good thing.
Globalists, and people who hate this county and resent its successes.
People like Obama and John Kerry to name a few, and unsuccessful countries around the world who gang up on us at the UN. - Tom
I find this really weird.
MAGA bump!
Not ‘GOP failure’.
GOP complicity and active involvement.
Karl Rove, you can KMRIA.
Re: “Not ‘GOP failure’.
GOP complicity and active involvement.”
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Amen
You have a good point there.
Individuals who want power and influence and money,as opposed to representing constituents, and looking out for the interests of this country, will run in any party where they have a chance of getting elected.
Whether it is communist, socialist, democrat,republican,independent etc.
Whatever you need behind your name to get elected , in this country it is a D or an R.
So we should expect some so-called republicans to be wolves in sheep's clothing, and for them to be American hating socialists or communists in disguise. - Tom
Conservatism without Nationalism is like Faith without Works.
The Democrats, RINOS, Hollywood and lots of other billionaires for starters.
Ever been to Cambridge? Madison? Berkeley? Malibu?
It’s a racist dog whistle! All nationalism is Nazism! Ignorance is strength! Hate is love!
Leaders of GOP were never bright enough to fully understand that the progressives really were trying to sink our nation.
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They knew. They were collaborators in the project.
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