Start with a hard question: if a movement keeps losing the fights that define a nation’s future, is the movement itself the problem? We confront the conservative establishment’s incentives—donor appeasement, media contracts, and social status—and track how those rewards displaced duty. The result, we argue, is a politics that conserved portfolios and prestige while Main Streets hollowed out, institutions were captured, and a generation learned that polite losses don’t protect anyone they love...
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