I do generally agree, America did abandon the concept - but I mean our voters though.(maybe that is what you meant too)
The last gasp of American conservatism was the Tea Party, and it was our guys (!!!Our Guys!!!) who decided “no we don’t really want this after all”
To that extent, it can be said that we abandoned Gen Z and because we FA now we get to FO.
The FAFO is really gonna hurt this time.
Tea Party was a dog and pony show. It was all a lie. “We’re outsiders, we’re gonna be different”, but they were all politicians, they just hadn’t held federal office. If they’ve got an R after their name, or D after their name, they stand for nothing.