Counter-Currents
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Patrick J. Deneen
Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future
Sentinel, 2023
Patrick J. Deneen, a professor of Political Science at Notre Dame, came to prominence as the author of Why Liberalism Failed (2018), a book that contrasted our present circumstances with the rosy promises of previous generations of liberals.
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Yes, but…
the future and now the present in places like Springfield Ohio is straight out of Jean Respaul s “ Camp of the Saints”. This reality doesn’t t leave a lot of time to contemplate Aristotle and divisions between homogenous ethnic Greeks just divided by class and occupations.
The current situation of the populist movement:
“Its chosen leader, Donald Trump, does not really understand what he has come to represent. As Deneen points out, he has failed to articulate popular grievances consistently, transform them into sustained policy, or develop a capable leadership class. What the masses like about him is his “trolling” of the liberal elites more than any positive achievement. So it is up to us to fill the gaps.
This sums up the whole predicament, but also opportunity.
This was a great review and a superb essay!
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