Has Trump Altered the Course of American Conservatism?
NATIONALISM AND POPULISM ARE THE GOP’S FUTURE
by R.R. Reno
IT’S LONG PAST TIME FOR AMERICAN conservatism to change course. We face a crisis of solidarity. Our political programs need to re-tie strands of society that have come undone.
For conservatives, that means adopting a nationalist-populist platform. Nationalism does not mean nationalization. It is not an assault on our free market tradition. Instead, nationalism requires rebalancing policy priorities away from greater globalization and toward the restoration of an integral domestic economy.
Economic growth should be more widely spread around the country, rather than clustered in super-wealthy cities on the coasts.
Supply chains and key industries need to be brought back to America, not merely to ensure our security, but also to provide productive work for a wide range of Americans.
Super-sized firms must be prevented from swallowing up Main Street retail and service firms.
Capital needs to be invested in manufacturing and other industries in order to increase worker productivity, which
