I think this also describes the phenomenon of the crumbling orthodoxy vs an emergent new order. The left has had no new ideas in at least 30 years, and the range of accepted opinions has crystallised around a long list of approved dogma--the meaning of which most adherents don't even understand, let alone question.
The right, meanwhile, having been pushed out into the political wilderness, is in a fervour of thought and synthesis. How many new movements have arisen and fizzled out in the past ten years on the right? The paleocons, the alt-right, the 'intellectual dark web' (eyeroll), the manosphere, the european identitarians, MAGA, Christian Nationalism, the dissident right, and many more besides. The right has a lot more interesting things to say, a lot more real answers to people's questions, and that's why we are gaining traction culturally.
I think this also describes the phenomenon of the crumbling orthodoxy vs an emergent new order. The left has had no new ideas in at least 30 years, and the range of accepted opinions has crystallised around a long list of approved dogma--the meaning of which most adherents don't even understand, let alone question.
The right, meanwhile, having been pushed out into the political wilderness, is in a fervour of thought and synthesis. How many new movements have arisen and fizzled out in the past ten years on the right? The paleocons, the alt-right, the 'intellectual dark web' (eyeroll), the manosphere, the european identitarians, MAGA, Christian Nationalism, the dissident right, and many more besides. The right has a lot more interesting things to say, a lot more real answers to people's questions, and that's why we are gaining traction culturally.