Well, at least Matthew Peterson's willing to allow as I'm an 'American' albeit a bad one. It leaves open the possibility that I might be able to retain my citizenship, though what that were worth under his preferred regime werre open to question….
(That's one of the evils, beyond brutality, of the 'Free Helicopter Rides for Liberals' crowd: they make those who would merely eliminate me from the voter-rolls look more acceptable.)
I'm glad to see Our Gracious Host engage with Ledeen et al's delusion that their entire programme (perhaps averaging over them, or,alternately, just taking the most extreme elements from each) were massively popular. However, I think their using such a claim were in bad faith, as they fundamentally don't care, as they know What Must Be To Avoid Hell-on-Earth, avoiding which makes _anything_ acceptable. That is to say, they claim to be stumping for illiberal democracy, but would jettison the 'democracy' part, gratefully or regretfully, should they feel it to be necessary.
(In how many films must the Lone Action Hero start shooting in order to avoid the disaster only he can see, because They have been so clever and our institutions have fail to protect us?)
Well, you're certainly a hit on the Quillette platform judging from the comments. Your criticisms are right on point. Patrick Deneen is greatly in need of virtual world tweek on The Last of Us, where he can play out his fantasy without causing any damage to actual humans.
Deneen and plenty of other conservatives assert the Tucker Carlson-esque sentiment that liberal elites have imposed "economic, moral and cultural humiliation" on ordinary Americans. What does that truism mean, though?
I can intuit the idea of economic humiliation, although it hardly seems like that has been the work of liberal elites alone.
But I confess I find it hard to guess how liberal elites are culturally and morally humiliating the Americans drawn to MAGA populism. Can someone enlighten me? Yes, Hollywood has helped install a reset of the norms of sexual morality. But isn't that because those films and TV shows are the ones that were popular and therefore profitable––not a political strategy to humiliate ordinary Americans? Yes, Tucker Carlson fans get angry or pissed off at liberals who talk about patriarchy and inclusion, etc (just like liberals get pissed at views anti-feminist views)––but why do those liberals supposedly make them feel humiliated?
And if Damon's review isn't enough for you, check out mine here: https://inmedias.blogspot.com/2023/06/putting-demos-on-pedestal.html
Well, at least Matthew Peterson's willing to allow as I'm an 'American' albeit a bad one. It leaves open the possibility that I might be able to retain my citizenship, though what that were worth under his preferred regime werre open to question….
(That's one of the evils, beyond brutality, of the 'Free Helicopter Rides for Liberals' crowd: they make those who would merely eliminate me from the voter-rolls look more acceptable.)
I'm glad to see Our Gracious Host engage with Ledeen et al's delusion that their entire programme (perhaps averaging over them, or,alternately, just taking the most extreme elements from each) were massively popular. However, I think their using such a claim were in bad faith, as they fundamentally don't care, as they know What Must Be To Avoid Hell-on-Earth, avoiding which makes _anything_ acceptable. That is to say, they claim to be stumping for illiberal democracy, but would jettison the 'democracy' part, gratefully or regretfully, should they feel it to be necessary.
(In how many films must the Lone Action Hero start shooting in order to avoid the disaster only he can see, because They have been so clever and our institutions have fail to protect us?)
Some of Deneen's fellow travelers are present in the comments beneath Damon's Quillett article. Talk about different worlds.
Well, you're certainly a hit on the Quillette platform judging from the comments. Your criticisms are right on point. Patrick Deneen is greatly in need of virtual world tweek on The Last of Us, where he can play out his fantasy without causing any damage to actual humans.
Deneen and plenty of other conservatives assert the Tucker Carlson-esque sentiment that liberal elites have imposed "economic, moral and cultural humiliation" on ordinary Americans. What does that truism mean, though?
I can intuit the idea of economic humiliation, although it hardly seems like that has been the work of liberal elites alone.
But I confess I find it hard to guess how liberal elites are culturally and morally humiliating the Americans drawn to MAGA populism. Can someone enlighten me? Yes, Hollywood has helped install a reset of the norms of sexual morality. But isn't that because those films and TV shows are the ones that were popular and therefore profitable––not a political strategy to humiliate ordinary Americans? Yes, Tucker Carlson fans get angry or pissed off at liberals who talk about patriarchy and inclusion, etc (just like liberals get pissed at views anti-feminist views)––but why do those liberals supposedly make them feel humiliated?
What am I missing?