Interesting analysis by Wendy Brown. I think too many US commentators who tend to reflexively associate "conservatism" with "anti-statism" have been taken by surprise by the aggressively illiberal form of statism embodied by Trumpism.
https://ctjournal.org/2025/05/15/after-democracy/
https://ctjournal.org/2025/05/15/after-democracy/
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The BS myth that cons wanted "small government" only happened when gov't began to serve and support others.
They plan to stop that.
Most of these folks are simply grifters. Those few with political aims are reactionary authoritarians...they don't want to conserve anything except their own wealth & power.