I think you are still strapped into your chair, and you believe reality is the shadows the puppet masters are casting on the walls in front of you.
The author of this piece has left the cave, and come back to describe what he has seen.
You aren't ready to accept that reality.
I am a conservative.
I am also aware of the radical changes in our government necessary to fully implement the conservative agenda.
However, I am not engaged in a betrayal of conservatism in order to promote global social democracy, as is the essential crux of the author's article. I am adamantly opposed to socialism, and more so I regard oppostition to socialism as an essential component of conservatism, hence my reference to the Reagan Revolution.
The entire article is therefore premised on a fallacy.
And until those here who disagree with me resort to logic rather than mysticism and come up with a persuasive argument, I will steadfastly hold to this conclusion.