Paul Krugman's takedown of Trump's economic blatherings.

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(05-16-2016, 02:35 PM)radind Wrote:

(05-16-2016, 08:58 AM)Anthony Wrote: But the American right is being redefined - just like its left was redefined in the 1960s.  The new American right is a lot like the "Deutschland Den Deutschen" ("Germany is for Germans") right in Germany, which emphasizes nationalism (arguably xenophobia), not William Graham Sumner/Friedrich Hayek/Ayn Rand economics.

Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan etc. are still stuck in the latter mold - which is why they lost, just like the labor-dominated, white-ethnic "hardhats" lost to George McGovern and his "Acid, Amnesty and Abortion" in the Democratic Party in 1972.

The GOP needs to be redefined to be viable as a major party. I doubt that the American right as you described can establish a viable new party.

I think you underestimate the popularity of Nationalism, Protectionism and Isolationism. That's okay though, it is one of the reasons why people underestimate Trump when they aren't trying to manipulate the narrative...looks like the Regressive Left has skipped stage 2 and hit stage three immediately.