economist This week, the magazine warned of the “growing danger” of national conservatism, which is spreading like wildfire across the globe.
National conservatism is ‘dangerous and growing’ economist This week’s cover has an eerie tone Story. “Liberals need to find a way to stop that.”
The cover features red MAGA caps stretched vertically to match the many countries following the lead of American populism: “Make America, Hungary, Italy, France, Israel, Germany, Netherlands, and Poland Great Again.” is depicted.
Today, the magazine says, Donald Trump, Viktor Orban and a “motley crew of Western politicians” are building “a nationalist, ‘anti-woke’ conservatism that prioritizes national sovereignty over the individual.” This is a somewhat dishonest opinion.
“These national conservatives are increasingly joining a global movement with its own network of thinkers and leaders bound by a common ideology,” the article declares. “They feel like they’re conservatives now, and they might be right.”
Globalists are certainly a cause for concern as populists enjoy victory after victory in countries like Argentina (oddly absent from Argentina) economistlist), Italy, Germany, France.
This work gains momentum as people around the world grow tired of being ruled by ideologically driven progressive globalist elites who are unconcerned about the real issues facing ordinary people. It can also be read as a call to arms against the growing movement.
Today’s national populists “see the West not as a shining city on a hill, but as the Rome before its fall: decadent, depraved, and on the verge of collapse under barbarian invasions.” the article states.
Interestingly, the article claims that national conservatism is a “politics of grievance,” an act that appears to be willfully blind to the reign of grievance in woke politics that populists abhor. .
The article also warned progressives that if conservatives came to power, the left would seek to “take control of state institutions, including courts, universities, and independent news outlets,” which they have always considered their proper domain. are doing.
In a strange but welcome moment of honesty, this article highlights some of the fundamental issues that strengthen the cause of conservatism: the plight of illegal immigration, and whether the next generation will grow up poorer than the present There are also concerns that institutions such as universities and the press are “occupied by hostile, illiberal, left-leaning elites.”
The piece concludes cheerfully with the statement, “Liberalism’s great strength is its ability to adapt.” Liberalism is “adaptable to national conservatism,” but so far it is “laggard.”
