America’s Bizarro Politics: The Parties Have Swapped Bodies

Behold the war of big-government conservatives versus cultural progressives.

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A person wearing a mouse costume takes selfies with supporters of Florida’s Republican-backed bill that bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for many young students at a rally outside Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., April 16, 2022.

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After following a group of fringe presidential candidates around the country in 1996, author Michael Lewis took a crack at distilling the differences between the competing ideological poles in American politics.

“The debate between conservatives and liberals boils down to which comes first, politics or culture,” Lewis wrote in his book Losers: The Road to Everyplace but the White House.

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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