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Conservatism As A Theory Of Lost Power
- Cory Robin's definition: conservatism is a theoretical response to the felt experience of having power and seeing it threatened.
- That orientation explains conservatism's perceptiveness about left movements and why it generates serious but sometimes bad ideas.
Leaving Conservatism Through Grad School And Moral Crisis
- Matthew Sitman recounts growing up in working-class central Pennsylvania, attending a conservative evangelical college, and later joining conservative institutions in DC.
- His personal shift began with graduate seminars, exposure to different social classes, and moral objections to torture during the Iraq War.
Right's Institutional Pipeline And Identity Advantage
- The conservative movement built institutions that cultivate talent and identity by positioning itself as an embittered insurgency outside mainstream institutions.
- That pipeline explains why young conservatives feel part of a historical 'remnant' and gain career support lacking on the left.