In a taxonomy of young #conservatives, Sam Adler-Bell in the New Republic pointed out that these #NatCons (as they’re called) are among a variety of alt ideas popping up to *intellectualize* #Trumpism. But, in recent yrs, they have taken on a larger cache. NYT columnist David Brooks, dismayed by the conference’s rise, would in 2021 call NatCon attendees the “terrifying future of the American right.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/164408/young-intellectuals-illiberal-revolution-conservatism
"This was D-day and Dunkirk all rolled into one. For about 20 minutes or so. Then Nige sloped off in his car and the conference could glide back to obscurity."
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/apr/16/nigel-farage-is-cancelled-at-last-and-hes-never-been-happier
The 'National Conservatives' and the Far-Right Pipeline Fuelling Rishi Sunak's Party
The Conservative Party's embrace of a fringe right-wing movement is a worrying sign of things to come, reports Josh White
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May 20
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Lee Anderson hails the Turd Reich at the Nat-C conference
It was even better than yesterday
I know you’re all thinking nothing could possibly top the last two days, but I’ve been at the Nat-C History Museum again today and it was jaw-dropping stuff.
Someone I know just pointed out that NatCons is entirely the wrong contraction for “National Conservatives” and we should just go with Nat Cs instead.
And now I feel dumb for not thinking of that.
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