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Conservatism's zeal

It's hard to explain what I don't like about the movement at the moment. Paul Krugman seems to come pretty close:
The key to understanding this, I’d suggest, is that movement conservatism has become a closed, inward-looking universe in which you get points not by sounding reasonable to uncommitted outsiders — although there are a few designated pundits who play that role professionally — but by outdoing your fellow movement members in zeal.