re: #43 Romantic Heretic

The authoritarians and barbarians masquerading as conservatives seem incapable of learning.

Isn’t the question really: Aren’t conservatives basically authoritarians who pretend to support compromise until they finally uncover a strategy or a leader that allows them complete control?

Stuart Stevens in his 2020 book “It was all a lie” admits his role in what led to the Trump takeover of the party — Trump was not the cause, he was a symptom of what the party had become.