The popularity of Donald Trump, in spite of all his problems, is because he fights. Abraham Lincoln said of Ulysses S. Grant, why he put Grant at the head of the US army, “HE FIGHTS!” This popularity of Donald Trump is a rebuke to conservative leadership in that they do not fight. I’m not comparing Donald Trump to Grant. But I do mean to compare our conservative leadership to the string of losing US generals that came before Grant. Yes I do!
The article referenced is by Jonah Goldberg September 5, 2015. No Movement That Embraces Trump Can Call Itself Conservative. Retrieved From: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/423607/donald-trump-conservative-movement-jonah-goldberg
I think a decent summary of the subject article is that it laments the popularity of Donald Trump because he fights with personal attacks, like leftists. Also it points out flip-flopping, and support for single payer insurance.
I want my leadership to be conservative. It’s not. Conservative leadership is losing because they do not undermine the foundations of leftism. The foundation of leftism is, LEFT IS FUTILE.
I want my leadership to deny the high ground to leftist leadership. I want my leadership to point out the inferior nature of the leftism’s REDISTRIBUTION BUSINESS.
To be a leftist is to be a “redistributionist.” Leftism is just a business and power model. The REDISTRIBUTION BUSINESS takes from each according to his effort and gives to each according to his vote. These are ever-present themes that come out of leftism. The REDISTRIBUTION BUSINESS INSTITUTIONALIZES THE FUTILITY OF EFFORT, both by taking from each according to his effort, and by giving to each according to his vote. This futility is why LEFTISM IS SYSTEMATICALLY FUTILE and therefore inferior to conservatism. However, leftism is very seductive and leftist leadership are as warlords for power.
Again, leftism is just a business and power model, where one can be the animal farm pig by posing as Santa Claus AND then HIDE THE GREED OF LEFTISM and corruption behind the REDISTRIBUTION MORALITY. Leftism is a slick business model and is therefore very seductive, for the self-serving leader and supporter alike. Leftism will attack free enterprise. An example is John Lennon’s “Imagine.” John Lennon never mentioned it would be the animal farm pigs, (from George Orwell) in power over the farm. Point out the GREED OF LEFTISM early ad often.
Leftist leadership, no matter who they are, must be forced to squirm because they have allowed themselves to be seduced by the power model of leftism. And leftism’s affluent supporters must have their FUTILE MORALITY undermined because they allow the leftist leader to hide his corruption and greed only because they run the REDISTRIBUTION BUSINESS. The attack on leftism does not need to be personal. It just needs to be repeatedly made clear that the very life purpose of leaders and supporters of leftism, is futile and inferior.
Towards the end of the referenced article, Jonah signals his retreat to the wilderness with the sub title “REMNANT HERE I COME.” We are seeing a mutual shrinking dance between conservative leadership and conservative supporters.
Jonah Goldberg wrote a book entitled Liberal Fascism where he went after inferior quality of liberalism. What ever became of those attacks on liberalism pointing out the inherent corruption of the people seduced by it? We don’t have to attack the leftist leader of the moment. We need to undermine the foundations of leftism, that LEFT IS FUTILE, and ridicule the decision to run and seek to grow the REDISTRIBUTION BUSINESS, as well as the affluent support of the REDISTRIBUTION BUSINESS.