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Whither right-wing thought?
Original thinking often flourishes under conditions of intellectual marginality. Unfortunately, the conservative movement, having discovered a mass audience, risks squandering the intellectual marginality that once made it so interesting and daring.
In future years, it may take a smaller, elite group of right-wingers to animate conservative ideas once more.
Read the whole thing, and prepare to be offended if you are conservative or libertarian.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 24, 2005 at 07:44 AM in Political Science | Permalink
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