1/5 Interesting, yet insufficient, angle from Ted Cruz. Conservatives can become stewards of the working class, but it won& #39;t happen through the libertarian paranoia of government. In every functional political community, gvt has been present. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-future-of-conservatism-is-populist-and-libertarian">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-...

2/5 Conservatism’s classical liberal and libertarian factions have already harmed the movement, aligning it closer to neoliberalism than propagating an honest aspiration to conserve the heart of Western society-family, tradition, culture, and faith

3/5 In this regard, I don’t see libertarians underpinning a revitalized conservative movement. If we continue sacrificing at the altar of the GDP, our era’s cultural and moral decay will only accelerate.

4/5 What can be far more efficacious is a Disraelian model, an authentically One-Nation approach that can gain a groundswell of support from the working class and those dispirited by our unending societal erosion.

5/5 A Disraelian gvt would proactively aid the working class through a series of paternalistic programs. But it would, and Disraeli himself stressed it himself, need to protect the nation’s religious integrity- only a religious tradition can “rise above the strife of factions”.