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...the party has over the years purged from its ranks all voices of classical liberalism and has explicitly rejected values-based narratives in favor of an ill-defined pragmatism. This has proved no match for the ideological assault by the left, which ended up monopolizing the marketplace of ideas in the universities and the other educational establishments of the country.

"The fall of Rome," wrote Seneca, "took place when Rome's pragmatism ceased to be pragmatic."

Hmm... sounds familiar.

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Why do they have to use phrases like ‘values-based narratives’. Narrative has become an intellectual buzzowrd. Buzz buzz, what is a values-based narrative.