Thanks for posting this!
Let’s not forget the late, great Angelo Codevilla either. I was so saddened at his death, and it was especially tragic that we lost him on the eve of the war in Ukraine when his wise counsel was so sorely needed:
Angelo Codevilla, Whose Writings Anticipated Trumpism, Dies at 78
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/obituaries/angelo-codevilla-dead.html
RIP, Angelo Codevilla, the conservative thinker who took on the ruling class
https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/rip-angelo-codevilla-conservative-thinker-who-took-on-ruling-class/
Why We Will Miss Angelo Codevilla
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/09/why-we-will-miss-angelo-codevilla
The Great and Good Angelo Codevilla
https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-great-and-good-angelo-codevilla/
“Let’s not forget the late, great Angelo Codevilla either.”
Yes, he was excellent, I always looked for his work.
Another guy who spotted this trend very early on was Jeffrey Bell, who wrote Populism and Elitism back in 1992. He was already arguing that liberal vs conservative was outdated, that the real division was populists vs elites.
https://www.amazon.com/Populism-Elitism-Politics-Age-Equality/dp/0895265176