One common narrative about the West’s ongoing predicament is that the current revival of nationalism is a foreseeable and potentially helpful corrective to liberalism’s overreach. Pushing the Euro, gay marriage, permissive immigration policies, and the climate change agenda down the throats of reluctant electorates was bound to provoke a reaction. Among conservatives seeking find a positive path forward from the current situation, Yoram Hazony calls for “conservative democracy” as an alternative to liberal democracy, in order to restore “a balance between the principles of limited government and individual liberties, on the one hand; and the principles of religion, nationalism, and …read more
Source: The American Interest
