This piece by @zackbeauchamp on the "crisis" of liberalism is well-done and thought-provoking. I do have a few questions about some of the critiques though. /1 https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/1171132848486699008

I find a tension in the conservative critique laid out here. Isn’t it the case that the “solvents breaking down Americas communities,” arose in large measure as a result of the weakening of postwar liberalism? /2

The New Deal order was imperfect to be sure but it seems that that period offered the recipe for a strong "social fabric" that some conservatives yearn for. /3

Wasn't it the political opponents of the New Deal liberals, like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, who celebrated "disruption"? /4