"As the old left-right economic debates faded out with the need for strong governmental action to deal with international terrorism, the financial crisis of 2008, and then the coronavirus pandemic, cultural fights filled the political void. Americans across the spectrum may agree with the multiple rounds of economic stimulus—including direct cash payments to people—that were required to save our economy after collapse from Covid and lockdowns. But Americans do not agree at all on other terms of public debate as the left increasingly defines its politics along identity lines focused on structural racism and oppression while the right turns to conspiracy theories and Trump's cult of personality politics."
At The Liberal Patriot, John Halpin calls for "a new public philosophy to match the times: liberal nationalism."
And when looking at threats to the nation, Thomas J. Main at The Bulwark argues that "in America, right now, it is clear that the size and influence of right-wing illiberalism dwarfs that of left-wing illiberalism."
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