Conservative Policy, Populist Attitude (Shapiro)

[corbe]

Conservative Policy, Populist Attitude

 by Ben Shapiro
 December 27, 2017 4:00 AM @benshapiro

The danger is that the latter will toxify the former.

This was supposed to be the year conservatism saw its end. Conservatism, we were led to believe, had run its course. Trump’s supporters cheered his campaign-trail heresies against Reagan-esque conservatism. “What has conservatism ever done for us?” we heard, time and again. Candidate Trump was among those pressing forward this talking point: “This is called the Republican party,” Trump reminded Americans in May 2016. “It’s not the Conservative party.”

Conservatism had seen its heyday — it had become old, decrepit. A new governing philosophy had made itself manifest: nationalist populism. Or, as Trump’s advocates put it, Trumpism. This philosophy would mash up protectionism with a quasi-isolationist foreign policy focused on placating dictatorships such as Russia; it would combine big spending on infrastructure with a crackdown on immigration. Government would subsidize manufacturing and look to restrict companies like Facebook and Google. Wall Street would be put in the dock. The “elites” would pay. Nationalism would take precedence over patriotism based on founding ideals.

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 Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454955/2017-conservative-policy-trump-nationalism-populism-attitude

[Cripplecreek]

Too late.

I'm a federalist and won't be calling myself a conservative till Trumpism is dead and buried in a shallow grave.

[Oceander]

Too late.

I'm a federalist and won't be calling myself a conservative till Trumpism is dead and buried in a shallow grave.

[Cripplecreek]

There really isn't anything more politically conservative than federalism. Trumpism is all about top down rule and obedience.

[endicom]

This was supposed to be the year conservatism saw its end. Conservatism, we were led to believe, had run its course.

That must have been the voices in his head.

Ben is begging problems where none exist.