The debate between “big government versus small government,” said Brooks, is passé; being supplanted by a new debate: opposition versus support for globalization.
Brooks neglected to define globalization or articulate its primary effects on its detractors and/or supporters. Zakaria similarly neglected to offer any analysis of contemporary globalization.
Neither Brooks nor Zakaria spoke of cultural change wrought by the era of mass migration to America and the broader West; no commentary was offered on the natures of new cohorts of foreigners and their compatibility with the American ethos. Also ignored were contemporary policies and informal attitudes toward cultural integration of foreigners, and how they have changed over decades.
No examination was offered by either Brooks or Zakaria of contemporary conservatism's resistance toward expanding state controls over human behavior in both the social and economic spheres. No words were spoken on the values of freedom of speech and expression; property rights; a civil society independent of government controls; growing cultural apprehension under "political correctness"; left-wing corruption of academia, the news media, and entertainment; or other conservative concerns.
'Conservative Intellectual' David Brooks Tries To Explain Modern Conservatism
Brooks neglected to define globalization or articulate its primary effects on its detractors and/or supporters. Zakaria similarly neglected to offer any analysis of contemporary globalization.
Neither Brooks nor Zakaria spoke of cultural change wrought by the era of mass migration to America and the broader West; no commentary was offered on the natures of new cohorts of foreigners and their compatibility with the American ethos. Also ignored were contemporary policies and informal attitudes toward cultural integration of foreigners, and how they have changed over decades.
No examination was offered by either Brooks or Zakaria of contemporary conservatism's resistance toward expanding state controls over human behavior in both the social and economic spheres. No words were spoken on the values of freedom of speech and expression; property rights; a civil society independent of government controls; growing cultural apprehension under "political correctness"; left-wing corruption of academia, the news media, and entertainment; or other conservative concerns.
'Conservative Intellectual' David Brooks Tries To Explain Modern Conservatism