Krugman on Trump: Conservatism is not about free markets; it's about power.

[pampango]

The Reactionary Soul

Frank Bruni marvels at polls indicating that Donald Trump, with his multiple marriages and casinos, is the preferred candidate among Republican evangelicals. Others are shocked to see a crude mercantilist make so much headway in the alleged party of free markets. What happened to conservative principles?

Actually, nothing — because those alleged principles were never real. Conservative religiosity, conservative faith in markets, were never about living a godly life or letting the invisible hand promote entrepreneurship. Instead, it was all as Corey Robin describes it: Conservatism is

a reactionary movement, a defense of power and privilege against democratic challenges from below

, particularly in the private spheres of the family and the workplace.
It’s really about who’s boss, and making sure that the man in charge stays boss. Trump is admired for putting women and workers in their place, and it doesn’t matter if he covets his neighbor’s wife or demands trade wars.

The point is that Trump isn’t a diversion, he’s a revelation, bringing the real motivations of the movement out into the open.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/26/the-reactionary-soul/

[hifiguy]

1. The Good Professor

just socked a walk-off grand-slam home run with that blog post. Truth and Nothing But The Truth.

There's a lot of this guy in tRUMP, IMO:

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Yup.

They talk a good talk, though. Took us forever to break the code.

[CTyankee]

5. but now it is broken for all to see and it is up to us to reveal it to others...

[tk2kewl]

3. k & r

[libodem]

4. K&R

Bookmarked

[WillyT]

6. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!