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Stephen Holmes on Policy of the United States - Dictionary of Arguments
Krastev I 15 Policy of the United States/Krastev/Holmes: Why would so many Americans Krastev I 16 support a president who sees America’s commitment to the liberal world order as its main vulnerability? Why would Trump’s supporters implicitly accept his eccentric idea that the United States should stop being a model for other countries and perhaps even remake itself in the image of Orbán’s Hungary and Putin’s Russia? >Imitation/Krastev. Indeed, Trump’s resentment against a world full of countries that seek to emulate America seems anomalous until we realize that, for his American supporters, imitators are threats because they are trying to replace the model they imitate. This fear of being supplanted and dispossessed has two sources: immigrants, on the one hand, and China, on the other. Krastev I 17 The white voter’s perception that China is stealing American jobs and the business community’s perception that China is stealing American technology helped Trump’s eccentric message of American victimization (...)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
LawHolm I Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Common Law Mineola, NY 1991 Krastev I Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27