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Showing posts with label Fusionism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fusionism. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2019

Fusionists Are the Japanese Holdouts of American Politics

It is deeply irresponsible for the Right to continue anchoring itself to this long-irrelevant worldview.

Deion A. Kathawa August 14th, 2019

Fusionism—a political synthesis which stresses the compatibility of libertarian freedom with traditional moral values—faces an identity crisis. Political philosopher and one-time Communist Frank Meyer conceived fusionism after World War II, as well as its corresponding political coalition, which he compared to a three-legged stool. Fusionism committed to a muscular foreign policy, social and moral traditionalism, and free markets. Practically, President Reagan masterfully wielded the sword of fusionism and with it slayed the dragon of Soviet Communism.
 
Fusionism has a venerable history, and so we owe the concept a debt of gratitude. But it’s time to put it out to pasture, for the good of America. Because right now, the self-proclaimed and doctrinaire fusionists—so-called respectable, non-icky NeverTrump conservatives —more resemble Japanese holdouts than they do serious right-wing intellectuals...........To Read More.....