A New Conservatism, A New Right?

The only respectable option for "conservatives": more "civic nationalism," one that recognizes ethnic diversity and populism go together! As if these professional conservatives don't recognize that they don't have the $ or the influence to reform the GOP; rather the GOP will just use them for a cover of populist legitimacy.

.@Vermeullarmine and I along with a few other friends and allies are preparing to unveil a project that will set the agenda for a new conservatism that serves the multiethnic, multiracial working class. Watch this space.

— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) November 12, 2020

Progressives are demonstrating how their race-obsessed lens prevents them from even comprehending the emergence of a multi-ethnic, working-class, conservative coalition. But that won't stop it from arriving. My latest on The Commons @AmerCompass. https://t.co/usy1SdPeJo

— Oren Cass (@oren_cass) November 9, 2020

In America’s two-party system, a socially conservative, multiracial, multiethnic, working-class populism will be Republican or it will not be at all. Keeping the party on this trajectory after Trump will be a challenge for the right.https://t.co/1pQV6XIWrF

— Darel E. Paul (@darelmass) November 10, 2020

My latest for @amconmag featuring the insights of @McCormickProf and @CCamosy on the GOP's great opportunity: https://t.co/2Zkc5C6nM5

— Jonathon Van Maren (@JVanMaren) November 12, 2020

It’s Not Your Father’s GOP by Ben Hachten

We must act better than our counterparts on the left. We cannot succumb to the violence and destruction that has plagued our cities for the last several months. We must be above name-calling and petty jabs that tear others down, pollute our own souls, and lead to further division. We must nevertheless resist all of the moral lies of the soft-totalitarian elites, never exchanging our souls for temporary comfort. At the same time, we must reach out to our friends on the left with humility and charity. They are all children of God, and we are all prodigal sons and daughters. Let us embrace them with open arms, just as our Father has done with us.

This is just more bowtie conservatism that doesn't recognize the severity of the political crisis and the real divisions that exist between peoples. In the end it's just a cover for more statist solidarity enforced with a gun.

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As an educational exercise, the National Constitution Center commissioned progressive, libertarian and conservative teams to write constitutions. I had the pleasure of serving on "team conservative" with Michael McConnell, Colleen Sheehan, and Ilan Wurman.https://t.co/ZBjbs2wtNV

— Robert P. George (@McCormickProf) November 12, 2020

My favorite part of this proposal (from Michael McConnell, @McCormickProf, @ilan_wurman, & Colleen Sheehan) is the oath "to promote the common good and long-term welfare of the nation and not the interests of any party or class."

We should do that.https://t.co/1eelMy5WAW

— William Baude (@WilliamBaude) November 12, 2020