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To: definitelynotaliberal

Worth checking out this publication’s “about” page to see where they’re coming from:

https://compactmag.com/about/

They have an interesting and unusual perspective. This Ahmari guy is one of their founding senior editors. His previous work was with the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal but he seems to have parted ways with the modern conservative mainstream to some degree and is exploring a new path.

They seem to be social conservatives who believe in a redistributive social-democratic model that is egalitarian but not leftist. My guess is they would mostly approve of, say, the way that Denmark does things. IOW they would align fairly well with European conservatives and especially Scandinavian conservatives. But they would consider themselves rooted in American political tradition, especially the egalitarianism expressed in Thomas Jefferson as pointed to in this piece.


6 posted on 06/30/2023 12:36:08 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick
They seem to be social conservatives who believe in a redistributive social-democratic model that is egalitarian but not leftist.

Maybe Amish culture, or a Muslim 5-wives version, would suit them. A survival skill humans were gifted with is: anyone can get used to *anything*. If they keep it within the confines of their property lines, no freedom-loving conservative will bother them. The minute they try to impose their social experimentation on their neighbors, or redistribute other people's wealth, it's point-and-click time.

14 posted on 06/30/2023 2:25:17 AM PDT by Reeses
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How can one be redistributionist without being leftist?


20 posted on 06/30/2023 4:46:16 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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