Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Trump is what conservatism is now. You are using a dictionary definition that no longer describes the conservative movement. They have voted with their feet. And if you're going to describe Trump's party as populist instead of conservative, aren't you acknowledging its reactionary core? Do you think Trump is about preserving anything? "Make America Great Again" is definitionally reactionary. The policies on which he has the strongest instincts -- immigration, trade -- are not "conservative" in your sense in the slightest.

I don't think populism is reactionary. I mean, you can see it that way, true. But isn't it really more insurgent? Trump's populism seems more Mao or Lenin than William Jennings Bryan.