Tuesday, May 10, 2016

They dumbed down conservatism: How extreme right-wing market fundamentalism captured the GOP — and endangered the environment

They dumbed down conservatism: How extreme right-wing market fundamentalism captured the GOP — and endangered the environment

"These three major planks of what many call “market fundamentalism” share the same essential flaw: they take old conservative ideas and dumb them down by stripping them of all subtlety and nuance, in the process perverting their meaning to something completely at odds with the traditions of principled conservatism."