As someone who considers himself center right of the non Trump persuasion I feel that the adherents for Brooks’ National Greatness couldn’t be found outside of Weekly Standard editorial office and MAGA is everywhere.
I read and subscribed to the Weekly Standard at the time and even I found their quixotic advocacy of National Greatness less than persuasive. It was something that could only appeal to the residents of think tank world. There just wasn’t any meat for the electorate of either the right or left.
As someone who considers himself center right of the non Trump persuasion I feel that the adherents for Brooks’ National Greatness couldn’t be found outside of Weekly Standard editorial office and MAGA is everywhere.
I read and subscribed to the Weekly Standard at the time and even I found their quixotic advocacy of National Greatness less than persuasive. It was something that could only appeal to the residents of think tank world. There just wasn’t any meat for the electorate of either the right or left.
That’s a good and fair point, and one I think worth plumbing. I might think about it and return to it later. Do you have thoughts?