Trump and the Conservative Movement

• Authors: Andrzej Bryk

Title variants

PL

Donald Trump i ruch konserwatywny

Abstracts

PL

Zjednoczony za czasów Regana, dzięki antykomunizmowi, amerykański ruch konserwatywny jest obecnie głęboko podzielony. Podział ten widać było jeszcze w tzw. konserwatywnym populizmie Sary Palin oraz ruchu Tea Party. Uwidocznił się on jednak z całą mocą, gdy żyjące w symbiozie z liberałami z Partii Demokratycznej elity Partii Republikańskiej musiały zareagować na sukces wyborczy Trumpa. Okazało się, że tradycyjny elektorat Republikanów nie poparł globalistycznie nastawionych elit partii, lecz człowieka „z zewnątrz”. Trump zyskał poparcie tej części konserwatystów, którzy odrzucali integrację z hegemoniczną ideologią lewicowego liberalizmu wraz z jego narracją „amerykańskiej nieprawości” oraz przyjęcie modelu technokratycznej, globalnej oligarchii jako jedynie możliwego „końca historii”. Konserwatyści popierający Trumpa odwoływali się do tradycji konserwatyzmu amerykańskiego, stale odnoszącego się do ojców założycieli, Konstytucji i narodowej dumy, popierającego ideę wolności metafizycznej, ontologicznie zakorzenionej w bycie większym niż autonomiczna wola jednostki. Tym samym płaszczyzna porozumienia z wyznającą liberalizm tożsamościowy elitą oligarchiczną jest bardzo niewielka. Możliwe okazuje się jednak stworzenie taktycznego sojuszu konserwatystów, zwłaszcza religijnych, z libertarianami. Mimo zasadniczych różnic antropologicznych i filozoficznych łącznikiem jest wspólny wróg – liberalna polityka tożsamościowa. Zwycięstwo Trumpa sprawia, że wszystkie nurty konserwatywnej koalicji Regana muszą zrewidować swe cele i dostosować się do nowej rzeczywistości, tym bardziej że Trump nie odwoływał się do globalizmu ekonomicznego, lecz wzywał do odbudowy solidarności społecznej i republikańskiej odpowiedzialności za wszystkich. Był świadom możliwości stworzenia nowej koalicji w obozie konserwatystów i republikanów, która musi znaleźć nowy wspólny cel polityczny, łączący konserwatyzm społeczny i kulturowy z populizmem gospodarczym. Donald Trump spotkał się jednak ze zdecydowanym sprzeciwem konserwatystów akceptujących technokratyczną hegemonię lewicowego liberalizmu wraz z rewolucją seksualną i nową antropologią.

EN

United under Regan by anti-communism, the US Conservative movement is now deeply divided. This division was already visible in the so-called Sarah Palin’s conservative populism and the Tea Party movement. However, it showed itself in full force when the Republican party elite, living in symbiosis with liberals from the Democratic Party, had to respond to Donald Trump’s electoral success. It turned out that the traditional Republican electorate did not back the party’s globalist elite, but an outsider. Trump gained the support of that section of conservatives who rejected integration into the hegemonic ideology of leftist liberalism with its destructive narrative of “American iniquity” and the adoption of the technocratic global oligarchy model as the only possible “end of history”. Conservatives supporting Trump’s candidacy referred to the tradition of American conservatism, appealing to the Founding Fathers, the Constitution and national pride and supporting the idea of metaphysical freedom, ontologically rooted in being greater than the autonomous will of the individual. Thus, the possibility of agreement with the oligarchic elite professing identity liberalism is very limited. However, it is possible to create a tactical alliance between conservatives, especially religious ones, and libertarians. Despite fundamental anthropological and philosophical differences, the link is a common enemy – liberal identity politics. Additionally, Trump’s victory forces all currents in Regan’s conservative coalition to revise their goals and adjust to the new reality, as Trump did not appeal to economic globalism but called for the restoration of social solidarity and republican responsibility for all. He was aware of the possibility of creating a new coalition in the camp of conservatives and republicans, which must find a new common political goal, combining social and cultural conservatism with economic populism. Donald Trump, however, met with stiff opposition from conservatives who accept the technocratic hegemony of leftist liberalism along with the sexual revolution and new anthropology.

Keywords

EN

Trump’s presidency; American Conservatism in the 21st century; culture wars; populism; liberal oligarchy; technocracy; identity politics

PL

prezydentura Donalda Trumpa; konserwatyzm amerykański w XXI wieku; wojny kulturowe; populizm; oligarchia liberalna; technokracja; polityka tożsamościowa

• Publisher: Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego
• Journal: Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 195-227

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Andrzej Bryk

• Jagiellonian University in Kraków

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Identifiers

DOI

10.48269/2451-0610-ksm-2021-1-007

Biblioteka Nauki

2029639