'Among the Republicans' - V.S. Naipaul in 1984

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As a tribute to a great (if flawed sure) man, a rare piece on the United States:

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Among the Republicans

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It's more about a movement towards forms of ideology that are simpler, crasser, more abstract and which leave less space for the individual, but, broadly speaking, yes.

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Funny how Russia's suddenly no longer an anxiety for the right. 

It is just about possible that the fact that the Soviet Union was a communist dictatorship and the present Russian Federation is not plays a role in this.

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Also a fitting description of what has happened to the Democratic Party over the past decade - compare the language used at the 2016 convention to that used in 2008 if you doubt it.

Some truth that, yes. Consider also the fact that the response to 'Make America Great Again' was 'America Is Already Great' - two competing appeals to 'Americanism'.