{"id":7751,"date":"2024-02-29T09:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T14:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2024-03-15T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:37:17","slug":"stephanie-slade-political-realignment-fusionism-faith-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/gracearchy\/stephanie-slade-political-realignment-fusionism-faith-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you understand the new political realignment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The political world is shifting beneath you. Freedom appears to be fading. Do you understand what’s happening?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditional Democrats are fleeing their party. Many of them are sounding more socially conservative.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Republicans are questioning free trade and calling for industrial policy. They increasingly sound like FDR Democrats.<\/p>\n

Oh, and over the last few decades, the Libertarians popularized a Nolan Chart Quiz, demonstrating that the left-right (liberal vs conservative) spectrum was incomplete. David Nolan introduced a second dimension that measured freedom vs authoritarianism. The result was a more diverse and accurate picture of individual ideology.<\/p>\n

Nolan’s second axis is based on the political left standing for social freedom, and the political right working for economic freedom. But the purveyors of the most popular Quiz are noticing some strange behaviors.<\/p>\n

They’re noticing less freedom too!<\/p>\n

We wonder what is happening. That’s why we invited an expert to Gracearchy with Jim Babka<\/em>…<\/p>\n

Stephanie Slade<\/strong> is a senior editor at Reason<\/em><\/a>. She has written articles like “Can Free Markets Win Votes In the New GOP?” and “The Authoritarian Convergence” about the fact that each national party has become less (classically) liberal. We link to four of her most relevant articles in the show notes (in each platform).<\/p>\n

Slade is also an expert on “fusionism” — the historical alliance between conservatives and libertarians. Remember when Ronald Reagan said, “Government is the problem?” What happened to that? We asked Stephanie. And you’ll learn her answer by listening to this interview…<\/p>\n

Watch on Rumble<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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