Leading authoritarian intellectual now works for Trump

[Douglas Caddy]

From the article: It would be a mistake to attribute too much power and influence to a single essay. “The Flight 93 Election” did not change very much. As I argued a few months ago, currents of authoritarianism have run through conservative thought for years. What Anton’s essay did was to synthesize and intellectualize the right-wing case against democracy and marshal it on behalf of the Republican party presidential nominee. And now that nominee has won, and his administration has appropriately brought onboard the author of authoritarianism.

 

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