I joined. Been reading you for the last year. Concur with much of what you have to say Oren. Your worth it and so is what you propose.
I personally did quite well with globalization. The work i did was part of this neocon globalization agenda. However, being originally from Ohio i saw what it did to my wage earning family, parents, brothers, and uncles cousins back in Ohio. They became the working poor. I lucked out. Not because i was smart, i was lucky.
Their lifestyles were drastically different than the generation before them. Poorer health, lower incomes, and astonishing drug problems. Video games, porn, pot, and alcohol what got them thru. Kept them sedated and pretty much unnoticed unless you knew them. Oh, we can add gambling now to this list.
The "University" = The "New Religion". The religion of nihilism.
Just joined as a paying member, thanks for all the wonderful work!
I honestly don’t understand how American Compass isn’t more popular, seeing as it’s the first time in my (admittedly rather short) life that someone on the Right is pursuing a pro-worker, pro-family economic agenda.
I genuinely hope more of both Republicans and Democrats start seriously diving into your policy proposals.
I sincerely hope people donate. Young people such as myself really really want to see American Compass grow. It’s taking the Republican Party and conservative politics in the right direction. They make me excited to be a Republican and proud to be an American. God bless Oren Cass, Chris Griswold, and all the other great people at American Compass. I sincerely hope people see what an incredible impact you folks are having and donate lots of money to you. It’s well deserved and will have an outsized impact in shifting our country in the right direction.
I would consider joining, as an economic progressive. However Your refusal to acknowledge that the policy you propose has been progressive economic policy for decades plays wrong. Not Democratic policy, no, no not at all, but Bernie Sanders and a very few others have been on these issues for decades. I invite you to court economic progressives who are also not social conservatives. I despair that Sanders's economic message was hijacked on his campaign by narrow Identity Group activists, who alienated virtually everyone else, but especially social conservatives who otherwise support a progressive economic agenda. I am confounded that you also seem to be intentionally divisive on social grounds. I can't support another form of dividing economic progressive, or in your mind, economic conservative, pro-worker voters. By all means verbally punch corporatists, hypocrites, liars, and the corrupt structure underlying the Republican and Democrat parties and politicians alike. But there are voters available for you to attract. I've said in the past I would vote for nearly anyone who was genuinely pro-worker and anti-corporatist, republican or not. You might consider making that easier for the other half or more, of voters who aren't conservative and are economic progressives first and foremost, in order to win.
Bob I must say that as a young person who was attracted to both Trump and Sanders in 2016, your opinion regarding how the identity politics of the progressives turned off a lot of otherwise economically progressive social conservatives is spot on. However I do not find Oren Cass nor American Compass as divisive in a similar fashion which you seem to be implying. For one, I think they are very mild mannered and kind in the way they approach the social issues and Oren has time and time demonstrated himself as a gentleman. But furthermore, a lot of “social conservative” issues in my view, are fundamentally important to an economically progressive agenda. The family and a lot of pillars of social conservatism are some of the most important institutions to maintain a quality standard of living amongst Americans. I really do solemnly believe that a lot of the so called “progressive” social agendas are often times rooted in an oppressive and greedy drive to impoverish the American people. Look no further than the massive push for drug legalization that often translates to bleeding Americans dry of billions of dollars. Or the pornographic industry, or casinos, just to name a few. In my earnest opinion, an economically progressive agenda is best complimented by a socially conservative attitude, and a socially conservative attitude is likewise complimented from a progressive economic agenda, a theory that I think Oren and the good folks at American compass demonstrate quite well. God bless you Bob, just wanted to share my two cents
Well I did the next best by signing up for a year completing the trifecta of Liberal Patriot, Free Press, and now, UA.
I was also thinking of who would be a likely candidate for donations amongst the corporate set, and realized that with money comes the desire for influence.
I'll wait and see how this New Right shapes up, and keep my voter registration where it is for now. It's a hard row to hoe with large deficits and a population allergic to taxes.
The request would be more compelling if, in addition to referencing the many legitimate policy disputes raging among elites in competing think tanks, it also referenced and condemned the moral failings of the leader of the “new right”, Don. His incompetence, ignorance, and the danger they represent don’t need recounting here, the top staff from his first administration have documented it well. The question is whether societal elites with standing have the courage to speak up. Demagogues are inevitable, the acquiescence of elites is not. Sadly, that acquiescence is ultimately the most critical element of a demagogue’s success. Given the Star Wars bar scene cabinet that’s shaping up, I’ll leave y’all with a quote from Hanna Arendt in The Dangers of Totalitarianism.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first rate talent, regardless of their sympathy, with crackpots and fools, whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
karl, with reference to the Arendt quote, I will admit to being at a loss as to who this "first rate talent" is that is being replaced? Would that be Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeld that squandered trillions in disastrous wars only to leave the world aflame and those that might object surveilled by the patriot act? Would it be the Clintons that mismanaged billions in Haiti aid only to leave it worse off? Would it be the Fauci whose "noble" lies have led to a disastrous collapse in faith in America's public health infrastructure? Maybe you mean Bernanke being blindsided by the subprime mortgage debacle? Would it be Obama who promised to close guantanamo? Was it the democrats who forever proclaim their pro-choice bonafides but never bothered to pass legislation? Or was it the Ruth Ginsberg whose arrogance cost liberals a seat on the Supreme Court? Or perhaps you mean the Democratic party leadership (and media) who willfully misled us with regards to the decline in our President's mental faculties at a time when we are in armed conflict with a nuclear power? Shall I go on? I would be happy to, if you like. And Karl, what consequences have any of these people faced and who amongst your "societal elites" ever bothered to speak up, supposing that they had the "courage" you reference. Nah, loyal lackeys is what they are. Not a principaled person amongst them.
You can keep drinking your koolaid, but as a lifelong progressive democrat, I will do as Gloria Steinem did with Bill Clinton, hold my nose and support Trump's efforts. Atleast he has the brains and courage to recognize what is obvious to a majority of the country - your "well crendtialed" emperor has no clothes.
Oren, I was going to donate to
your work regardless, but being able to respond to Karl's post is all the sweeter. Rational folks outside the various partisian cults can see that your work is not in service of Trump but a service to us all. Thank you and keep it up.
Andrew, ouch, you seem a tad defensive. Interesting. I’d say that talent is what has been present since the beginning of our republic. It’s far from perfect. And we can all cite plenty of bipartisan mistakes that talent has produced. After all, they are human. But never has that talent staged an armed insurrection that prevented the peaceful transfer of power, the worst act ever committed by a US president. For me, that trumps tribal grievance. I choose country over party, especially since I subscribe to neither party. But, let’s hope you’re right, and faith in our electoral institutions doesn’t matter. I’d love to be wrong. But let’s remember, Don still publicly brags about “acing” a dementia test:)
I joined. Been reading you for the last year. Concur with much of what you have to say Oren. Your worth it and so is what you propose.
I personally did quite well with globalization. The work i did was part of this neocon globalization agenda. However, being originally from Ohio i saw what it did to my wage earning family, parents, brothers, and uncles cousins back in Ohio. They became the working poor. I lucked out. Not because i was smart, i was lucky.
Their lifestyles were drastically different than the generation before them. Poorer health, lower incomes, and astonishing drug problems. Video games, porn, pot, and alcohol what got them thru. Kept them sedated and pretty much unnoticed unless you knew them. Oh, we can add gambling now to this list.
The "University" = The "New Religion". The religion of nihilism.
Just joined as a paying member, thanks for all the wonderful work!
I honestly don’t understand how American Compass isn’t more popular, seeing as it’s the first time in my (admittedly rather short) life that someone on the Right is pursuing a pro-worker, pro-family economic agenda.
I genuinely hope more of both Republicans and Democrats start seriously diving into your policy proposals.
I sincerely hope people donate. Young people such as myself really really want to see American Compass grow. It’s taking the Republican Party and conservative politics in the right direction. They make me excited to be a Republican and proud to be an American. God bless Oren Cass, Chris Griswold, and all the other great people at American Compass. I sincerely hope people see what an incredible impact you folks are having and donate lots of money to you. It’s well deserved and will have an outsized impact in shifting our country in the right direction.
I would consider joining, as an economic progressive. However Your refusal to acknowledge that the policy you propose has been progressive economic policy for decades plays wrong. Not Democratic policy, no, no not at all, but Bernie Sanders and a very few others have been on these issues for decades. I invite you to court economic progressives who are also not social conservatives. I despair that Sanders's economic message was hijacked on his campaign by narrow Identity Group activists, who alienated virtually everyone else, but especially social conservatives who otherwise support a progressive economic agenda. I am confounded that you also seem to be intentionally divisive on social grounds. I can't support another form of dividing economic progressive, or in your mind, economic conservative, pro-worker voters. By all means verbally punch corporatists, hypocrites, liars, and the corrupt structure underlying the Republican and Democrat parties and politicians alike. But there are voters available for you to attract. I've said in the past I would vote for nearly anyone who was genuinely pro-worker and anti-corporatist, republican or not. You might consider making that easier for the other half or more, of voters who aren't conservative and are economic progressives first and foremost, in order to win.
Confidence is great, Hubris, not so much.
Bob I must say that as a young person who was attracted to both Trump and Sanders in 2016, your opinion regarding how the identity politics of the progressives turned off a lot of otherwise economically progressive social conservatives is spot on. However I do not find Oren Cass nor American Compass as divisive in a similar fashion which you seem to be implying. For one, I think they are very mild mannered and kind in the way they approach the social issues and Oren has time and time demonstrated himself as a gentleman. But furthermore, a lot of “social conservative” issues in my view, are fundamentally important to an economically progressive agenda. The family and a lot of pillars of social conservatism are some of the most important institutions to maintain a quality standard of living amongst Americans. I really do solemnly believe that a lot of the so called “progressive” social agendas are often times rooted in an oppressive and greedy drive to impoverish the American people. Look no further than the massive push for drug legalization that often translates to bleeding Americans dry of billions of dollars. Or the pornographic industry, or casinos, just to name a few. In my earnest opinion, an economically progressive agenda is best complimented by a socially conservative attitude, and a socially conservative attitude is likewise complimented from a progressive economic agenda, a theory that I think Oren and the good folks at American compass demonstrate quite well. God bless you Bob, just wanted to share my two cents
The trolls are out again!
Well I did the next best by signing up for a year completing the trifecta of Liberal Patriot, Free Press, and now, UA.
I was also thinking of who would be a likely candidate for donations amongst the corporate set, and realized that with money comes the desire for influence.
I'll wait and see how this New Right shapes up, and keep my voter registration where it is for now. It's a hard row to hoe with large deficits and a population allergic to taxes.
The request would be more compelling if, in addition to referencing the many legitimate policy disputes raging among elites in competing think tanks, it also referenced and condemned the moral failings of the leader of the “new right”, Don. His incompetence, ignorance, and the danger they represent don’t need recounting here, the top staff from his first administration have documented it well. The question is whether societal elites with standing have the courage to speak up. Demagogues are inevitable, the acquiescence of elites is not. Sadly, that acquiescence is ultimately the most critical element of a demagogue’s success. Given the Star Wars bar scene cabinet that’s shaping up, I’ll leave y’all with a quote from Hanna Arendt in The Dangers of Totalitarianism.
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first rate talent, regardless of their sympathy, with crackpots and fools, whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”
Good luck America.
karl, with reference to the Arendt quote, I will admit to being at a loss as to who this "first rate talent" is that is being replaced? Would that be Cheney/Bush/Rumsfeld that squandered trillions in disastrous wars only to leave the world aflame and those that might object surveilled by the patriot act? Would it be the Clintons that mismanaged billions in Haiti aid only to leave it worse off? Would it be the Fauci whose "noble" lies have led to a disastrous collapse in faith in America's public health infrastructure? Maybe you mean Bernanke being blindsided by the subprime mortgage debacle? Would it be Obama who promised to close guantanamo? Was it the democrats who forever proclaim their pro-choice bonafides but never bothered to pass legislation? Or was it the Ruth Ginsberg whose arrogance cost liberals a seat on the Supreme Court? Or perhaps you mean the Democratic party leadership (and media) who willfully misled us with regards to the decline in our President's mental faculties at a time when we are in armed conflict with a nuclear power? Shall I go on? I would be happy to, if you like. And Karl, what consequences have any of these people faced and who amongst your "societal elites" ever bothered to speak up, supposing that they had the "courage" you reference. Nah, loyal lackeys is what they are. Not a principaled person amongst them.
You can keep drinking your koolaid, but as a lifelong progressive democrat, I will do as Gloria Steinem did with Bill Clinton, hold my nose and support Trump's efforts. Atleast he has the brains and courage to recognize what is obvious to a majority of the country - your "well crendtialed" emperor has no clothes.
Oren, I was going to donate to
your work regardless, but being able to respond to Karl's post is all the sweeter. Rational folks outside the various partisian cults can see that your work is not in service of Trump but a service to us all. Thank you and keep it up.
Andrew, ouch, you seem a tad defensive. Interesting. I’d say that talent is what has been present since the beginning of our republic. It’s far from perfect. And we can all cite plenty of bipartisan mistakes that talent has produced. After all, they are human. But never has that talent staged an armed insurrection that prevented the peaceful transfer of power, the worst act ever committed by a US president. For me, that trumps tribal grievance. I choose country over party, especially since I subscribe to neither party. But, let’s hope you’re right, and faith in our electoral institutions doesn’t matter. I’d love to be wrong. But let’s remember, Don still publicly brags about “acing” a dementia test:)
I apologize, the book is: The Origins of Totalitarianism.
Sorry, I guess I am in a mood.