{"id":1893,"date":"2022-08-30T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/08\/30\/rod-dreher-floating-above-the-fray-as-usual\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:33:50","slug":"rod-dreher-floating-above-the-fray-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2022\/08\/30\/rod-dreher-floating-above-the-fray-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Dreher: Floating Above the Fray as Usual"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are somewhat insulated from this in America because we don't face the hideous energy crunch that Europeans do. Do you really think, though, that the US is going to be fine when one of our largest trading partners goes belly up? We are going to crash too, and crash hard. A word to my fellow conservatives: if you think the return of the buffoonish Donald Trump is going to be sufficient to deal with what is here, and what is coming, you are almost as deluded as the libs. You are as much a prisoner to emotionally satisfying Narrative as they are.<\/em> We are in bad, bad trouble, and it's going to get far worse before it gets better. (Emphasis added)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What is your solution, Rod? I have just read your three most recent articles and all I get is more analysis, lamentation, and hand-wringing. What is to be done, my man? And which side are you on? Do you disagree with the policies Trump implemented? Calling the man a buffoon won't cut it; I want to hear a reasoned, fact-based case<\/em> against Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

For some reason, Dreher, blinded by Trump Derangement Syndrome, and perhaps in the grip of the womanish side of his personality, cannot look past Trump's somewhat repellent style of self-presentation, his lack of gravitas<\/em>, his alpha-male strut and stride, to see Trump's virtues. <\/a>  (Please follow the hyperlink to Tom Klingenstein's sober and superb presentation.)  <\/span>In consequence, Dreher cannot grasp that Trump is our only hope for turning things around.  This is a well-founded hope because of Trump's accomplishments while in office. He has proven himself as Dick Morris amply explains. De Santis has not proven himself to the same extent, and his being a career politician makes him more likely to cave under pressure. And yet Dreher does command a very clear view of the nasty predicament we are in:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our leaders are liars and ideologues who are destroying the West. The ruling class — the State, the media, the financial sector, woke capitalism, the universities, every institution — is actively betraying the people they are meant to serve. This is not just crackpot Internet speculation. It is actually happening, right now — and as far as I can tell, the American people are being kept in the dark, figuratively. It's about to become literal in Europe. Watch this clip from Tucker Carlson, one of the few major journalists who tell the truth. He's pointing out that Americans aren't being told that Europeans are teetering on the edge of catastrophe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Very good, Rod. I couldn't agree more with your description of the present state of affairs. But it is just more talk<\/em>. What do you propose we do<\/em>?  <\/span><\/p>\n

The other side of the argument, of course, is that Trump is so repellent to so many that the net effect of supporting him will hurt the conservative cause. And of course it is the cause that matters, not the man Trump.  But unless it can be shown that there is someone more likely to succeed in implementing the cause, we should support Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

A political cause that is not implemented is practically<\/em> nothing. Politics, though informed by theory, is practical, not theoretical. Is that not blindingly evident?<\/span><\/p>\n

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