[33RevolutionsPerMinute] The GOP Delusion: how conservatives were mugged by reality

You could make the case that he's painting with too broad a brush, but the more I hear from Conservatives I know about the outcome of this election, the more accurate it sounds.

The GOP Delusion: how conservatives were mugged by reality

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... Conservatism has became a faith-based ecosystem, resistant to any facts that complicate its version of reality. It is driven by apocalyptic terrors. The future of the republic itself is always in danger. The Constitution is destined for the shredder. The American eagle hangs its head. Ironically, the two issues that come closest to a real existential threat — climate change and the 2008 banking crisis — don’t trigger any anxiety in conservatives, while the phantasm of a socialist dictatorship has them trembling with fear and rage...