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Populist movements — on both the right and left — argue that liberalism has failed to deliver on its lofty ideals. Instead of liberty, equality, and prosperity, it has brought about widening inequality, the breakdown of traditional communities, and unchecked power for an elite class that is increasingly detached from ordinary people.
Dylan Evans • Marx Saw It Coming
‘David stares into the fire wondering whether to vote Labour or Conservative’, as the audience have no way of inferring that.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Whatever else they lacked, the grand narratives of the past at least gave life meaning.
Douglas Murray • The Madness of Crowds
This period of government growth includes the Progressive era and the New Deal, the two major inspirations for left-leaning thinkers today. Despite the anticorporate bias of some left-wing thinkers, the New Deal and Progressive era initiatives were a direct result of the growth of big business and the rise of a consumer society. Big government and
... See moreTyler Cowen • The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
A strongly regulated economy became the order of the day, and this was a major focus of leftist politics until the 1960s.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
By 1956, the sociologist William H. Whyte saw a “decline of the Protestant ethic” and the rise of “the organization man,” for whom conformity was prized over initiative.