Ironically, as institutions are betrayed and destroyed by radical and callous men, we do actually have a need for intellectuals who are … conservative

I know this is Bluesky and definitely not a place for thinking out loud about this but a fusion Burkean-woke project could be useful!

Bill Kristol is here

What, the Scion of Trotskyism

It has been interesting seeing that the post 2012 republican to dem figures have been among the most zealous in their rage

the zeal of the convert perhaps

Personally I think it's that they see MAGA as a personal betrayal by their former allies of what they used to stand for, while people on the left are like "it's been like this since Goldwater."