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Klemens's avatar

"The other lesson is that the American system—built with wannabe dictators in mind—has done its job."

Coleman is exactly right about this. It is ideal when our leaders do not enjoy an autocratic aesthetic and have a genuine belief in separation of powers. But our system is built assuming that our leaders secretly lust for crowns and is designed to resist governance by the autocratically inclined, not just avoid it. To the extent this describes Trump - and reasonable minds may differ - that is a test our system should be able to pass, and did.

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“The next four years will be a test. Either the Democrats will become the party of intersectional identity politics, or [of] classical liberalism.” Unfortunately, Coleman Hughes is right, and so is Niall Ferguson when he adds in “democratic socialism and the Green New Deal.” Sanders has vowed this fight will begin the day after Biden’s election as they begin pressuring him on appointments and policies.

Our most vital Job will be to protect Biden from the Marxist-backed “progressives,” who are openly adopting Tea Party tactics. But this group is now joining forces with neo-Marxist inspired intersection identity politics which poses an even more insidious threat (google: Haymarket Jacobin DSA conferences). As Hughes says, “Let’s hope, and fight, for [classical liberalism].”

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