Pseudo-Scholars and the Rise of the Barbarian Right

Tucker Carlson (right) interviews Darryl Cooper. (Screenshots via @TuckerCarlson/YouTube)
Odious views like the Nazi apologia aired by a guest on Tucker Carlson’s podcast this week threaten to make their way from the fringe to the mainstream.
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For many of the conservatives who embraced it—myself included—the Trumpian moment promised a more populist, pro-worker GOP. Yet the latest iteration of Donald Trump has dashed these hopes, playing down the themes that propelled his 2016 campaign, and sounding more and more like a conventional Republican nominee—only more erratic.
In the realm of right-w…
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