The Real Reasons Democrats Are Revolting And Why Conservatism Inc. Needs To Wake Up
The GOP unwittingly helped sow the seeds of a revolution that now threatens to devour them.
Democrats are in open rebellion against the establishment, with a roster of socialist candidates and a newly minted kingmaker leading the charge to overthrow the DNC apparatchiks in Washington, D.C., bring the donor class to heel, and remake the party in a radically new image.
The Republican Party and the establishment conservative world of think tanks, lobbying groups, non-profits, political consultants and PR firms (Conservatism Inc.) are looking on at this development with a mixture of amusement and fear. Some are skeptical that success in the “Commie Corridor” of New York can translate to success in swing states or in a national election. Some think the party’s acquiescence toward New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and company hurts their “brand” perception among moderates or independents. Others want to “fight back” against the hordes of socialists by screaming about them on podcasts. Meanwhile, some believe the Big Apple rebellion is evidence of the return of “Third Worldist” ideology and the importing of “Third World” politics into America’s biggest and richest city, as Christopher Rufo has argued. Others, such as Batya Ungar-Sargon, believe this is not a working-class movement but rather white, overeducated, downwardly mobile gentrifiers LARPing as revolutionaries. But they are missing the big picture entirely. They are either whistling past the graveyard or refusing to ask tough questions about the country because that would force them to look into the mirror, question long-held beliefs and dogmas, and admit that they have played a huge role in America’s turn toward socialism and left-wing populism. Perhaps they have unwittingly helped sow the seeds of a revolution that now threatens to devour them.