William F Buckley was a huge racist. He gets trotted out by many as an example of a good conservative, but he was terrible POS who is responsible for the form of conservatism we have today. He was an articulate liar.
The New Yorker reviewed a recent biography of Buckley:
And yet, somehow, he was more reasonable than what we’re dealing with today.
To be clear, I don’t have any dispute with anything you’re saying (and I gave you an upvote because you’re correct), but we’re not in an era of “articulate liars.” We’re in an era of vranyo, where they know that we know that they’re lying and they simply don’t even care to try to make a good lie. These are bumbling, inarticulate liars.
I don’t think we are on different pages, but I think it’s important to show how Buckley helped create the space for MTG to emerge.
Buckley was a master of hiding his real beliefs in liberal language. By doing so, he was able to slip fascist beliefs into the public discourse. There were some who knew they were lying and called him a crypto fascist. But many did not and his arguments penetrated deeply into the populous. Do much so, that you see Democrats sincerely taking up his talking points during the decline of the great society Democrats and the ascendancy of the neo liberal Democrat.
When these policies failed to deliver to the Democratic base, the base left. Buchanan, Gingrich, and others were lingering in the shadows for years, but lack the emotional skill to vibe with them. But Trump was able to feel their hopelessness and channel it into rage. He was speaking a truth the neo liberals never were able to voice and channel.
They lifted him to the presidency and stuck with him removing any elected official who challenged him. He found the power hungry politicians and they fell into line saying anything they needed to maintain power which means saying anything that made Trump look good.
The articulate liars created the sincere rube. The sincere rube created the hopeless masses. The hopeless masses platformed the charismatic carpet bagger. The charismatic carpet bagger attracted the sycophants.
Hitler is worse than Hindenburg, but fuck Hindenburg.
William F Buckley was a huge racist. He gets trotted out by many as an example of a good conservative, but he was terrible POS who is responsible for the form of conservatism we have today. He was an articulate liar.
The New Yorker reviewed a recent biography of Buckley:
https://archive.ph/e5aSa
His older siblings burned a cross in front of a Jewish house. Buckley was upset he wasn’t there because seemed like “a lark”. This was in 1937.
And yet, somehow, he was more reasonable than what we’re dealing with today.
To be clear, I don’t have any dispute with anything you’re saying (and I gave you an upvote because you’re correct), but we’re not in an era of “articulate liars.” We’re in an era of vranyo, where they know that we know that they’re lying and they simply don’t even care to try to make a good lie. These are bumbling, inarticulate liars.
I don’t think we are on different pages, but I think it’s important to show how Buckley helped create the space for MTG to emerge.
Buckley was a master of hiding his real beliefs in liberal language. By doing so, he was able to slip fascist beliefs into the public discourse. There were some who knew they were lying and called him a crypto fascist. But many did not and his arguments penetrated deeply into the populous. Do much so, that you see Democrats sincerely taking up his talking points during the decline of the great society Democrats and the ascendancy of the neo liberal Democrat.
When these policies failed to deliver to the Democratic base, the base left. Buchanan, Gingrich, and others were lingering in the shadows for years, but lack the emotional skill to vibe with them. But Trump was able to feel their hopelessness and channel it into rage. He was speaking a truth the neo liberals never were able to voice and channel.
They lifted him to the presidency and stuck with him removing any elected official who challenged him. He found the power hungry politicians and they fell into line saying anything they needed to maintain power which means saying anything that made Trump look good.
The articulate liars created the sincere rube. The sincere rube created the hopeless masses. The hopeless masses platformed the charismatic carpet bagger. The charismatic carpet bagger attracted the sycophants.
Hitler is worse than Hindenburg, but fuck Hindenburg.