Small‑c Conservatism, Big‑Tech Conservatorship
Abby McCloskey sells ‘sensible conservatism’ to a base that already traded Burke for the algorithm.
When your movement’s last ‘small‑c’ conservative is a think‑tank PowerPoint trying to outshout the rage‑click machine.
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Conservatism could save America -- the small-c kind | Abby McCloskey
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