{"id":5550,"date":"2017-05-05T05:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T05:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/05\/05\/a-broad-coalition-of-the-sane\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T05:49:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T05:49:41","slug":"a-broad-coalition-of-the-sane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/05\/05\/a-broad-coalition-of-the-sane\/","title":{"rendered":"A Broad Coalition of the Sane"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a comment thread I wrote, <\/span><\/p>\n

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We need a broad coalition of the sane which would include many libertarians, the few liberals who haven't lost their minds, and most conservatives, with each subgroup tempering its own tendency toward extremism.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Malcolm Pollack responded:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I used to hope for this, and believe it was possible, but now, to my sorrow, I just can't see how it is ever going to happen. With every passing day, and every tick of the demographic clock, we move faster and faster in the opposite direction, and I can see in America today nothing even remotely resembling a coherent political opposition on the Right. As I wrote in my letter to you, I think we have slipped past the 'event horizon', and all future timelines now must pass through the singularity. What form that will take, and what will come after, I can barely imagine — but I don't think it will be pleasant for anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This was before the election of Trump. I wonder if Mr. Pollack<\/a> is a bit more optimistic now.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a comment thread I wrote,  We need a broad coalition of the sane which would include many libertarians, the few liberals who haven't lost their minds, and most conservatives, with each subgroup tempering its own tendency toward extremism. Malcolm Pollack responded: I used to hope for this, and believe it was possible, but now, … Continue reading “A Broad Coalition of the Sane”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decline-of-the-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}