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Category Archives: Michael Anton
The Internal Dissident: Michael Anton and the Theory of Regime Conflict
Michael Anton (b. 1969) became a principal interpreter of nationalist conservatism in the United States during the first quarter of the twenty-first century. He did not build a mass movement, win elective office, or found a lasting institution. His influence … Continue reading
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Decoding Michael Anton
ChatGPT says: Michael Anton is best decoded, through Alliance Theory, as a crisis framer whose job is to convert elite hesitation into forced alignment by redefining politics as a survival choice. Start with Pinsof’s premise. Moral language coordinates alliances by … Continue reading
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Do American Conservatives Want Regime Change? And What Would That Look Like?
Michael Anton writes for the summer 2023 edition of the Claremont Review of Books: The core problem with discussing solutions to truly momentous problems, at least from the right, is that anything that might work is too fundamental and astounding … Continue reading
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The Neoconservative Fairy Tale
Brion McClanahan writes: Michael Anton has spilled a lot of ink attacking yours truly the last week or so. He took issue with a piece I wrote for Chronicles magazine attacking the 1776 Commission’s report on American history. It was … Continue reading
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What Are the Paleoconservatives Conserving?
Michael Anton writes: There is less dividing Paul Gottfried and me than I would have expected, which is good. For when the orc hordes—at Sauron’s urging—come for both of us, they aren’t going to discern, much less care about, any … Continue reading
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No, Paleoconservatives Are Not Helping the Left
Paul Gottfried writes May 8, 2021: Michael Anton raises several good points in his brief against Brion McClanahan’s assault on the 1776 Commission and that commission’s yoking of universal equality with the American founding. Anton is perfectly correct that state … Continue reading
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Michael Anton Says He Does Not Know Who Truly Won The 2020 Election, But He’s ‘Moved On’
On November 6,2020, Michael Anton wrote: No one will really know who won. Partisans on both sides will insist they do, but they won’t—not really . . . But far more ominously, one half the country—or to be more precise, … Continue reading
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We Now Know The Identity Of Publius Decius Mus
Feb. 2, 2017 Update: It is Michael Anton. Weekly Standard: The Anonymous Pro-Trump ‘Decius’ Now Works Inside The White House The enigmatic writer’s real name is Michael Anton, and he’s a fast-talking 47-year-old intellectual who, unlike most of his colleagues, … Continue reading
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The Flight 93 Election III
Feb. 2, 2017 Update: It is Michael Anton. Weekly Standard: The Anonymous Pro-Trump ‘Decius’ Now Works Inside The White House The enigmatic writer’s real name is Michael Anton, and he’s a fast-talking 47-year-old intellectual who, unlike most of his colleagues, … Continue reading
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