Excellent summation, Chris. Inspiring. I’m forwarding this to my 3 children to encourage them to be the tip of the spear on this…..and to family and friends….and my state Senator, whom I badger about education reform constantly. Keep it coming.
I'll add on to this: conservatives must be morally and ethically sound to advance the movement. We need more adherents, not more division. Trump is not the answer. He is crude, nasty, petty, and overtly seeking revenge. He is a terrible leader. Ron DeSantis can build a coalition and create lasting change. We need to do the right thing.
This was an excellent piece. I see this as a battle cry for conservatives. We must makes some changes in our approach if we want to stand a chance in hell on succeeding. Thank you for being a strong voice!
Superb article. Christopher Rufo has succinctly stated the activism necessary to return to our Founders’ ideals. We who live in Florida have already experienced his and others’ successes. But we have a long way to go and must NOT let the ideal of perfect inhibit our efforts. As an original Tea Party activist I was continually frustrated by those who masked their cowardice behind the rubric of acquiring the perfect result. Forge on Christopher Rufo! We applaud you and continue to fight within our spheres of influence.
I am detecting an important theme hinted at in this article, a theme that is usually lost upon establishment conservatives: namely, that rhetoric and intentions are less important than actual results. This will shock the Fox-Ryan-McConnell-McCain-Romney-Cheney wing of Republicans, for whom gracious losing is the most important attribute.
Hi Chris. Interesting timing for your article. I am part of a slate mailer for central committee candidates in CA. It looks too political. We need to stand out. Our Republican voters are outnumbered and out organized.. I told Eli to put on the mailer something like this. If you can advise or revise, great. God - Family - Country, our American values are aligned with yours. Vote for us to restore San Diego. I got push back when I gave my 1 min talk. I reminded everyone that our first president and his cabinet prayed for guidance to govern America. That we need to get back to our founding principles. Your feedback please. Thanks! Lee
Thank you and may your writing continue to be spread far & wide influencing Americans to wake up and stand up for what is right - this piece so perfectly distills all that needs to be done!
Thank you, Chris, for being the "once more unto the breach" guy. You are an inspiration.
Couple of thoughts:
Curtis Yarvin: "there is no politics without an enemy." Our enemy is the educated class and the administrative state.
We need to replace the left's political formula that "we are the allies of the oppressed peoples in their fight against the white oppressors."
I say: "women expect to be protected." We must tell the women of America that we will protect them, from street crime, from men in the women's bathroom, sexual predators.
I say we live in Three Worlds: War World of politics and government; Market World of trust in people that demonstrate trustworthiness, and Life World of family and neighborhood. We need to trim the wings of War World, think deeply about how to broaden and deepen the trust culture of Market World, and help the lower class inhabit a safe and neighborly Life World.
I agree and applaud your New Right framework. Count me in as one of your “old guy” supporters. I like the results you have produced so far with DEI and Disney in Florida. But when you say we cannot cut the size and scope of government because “...the institutions which today shape public and private life will exist for the foreseeable future” I think you should take a look at radically doing something like Vivek Ramaswamy is saying and working towards eliminating the funding for 75% of the federal government workforce. The bureaucracy needs to be dismantled.
Im very curious about your thoughts on Aristotle’s Politics. In it, as you are likely already aware, he cautions against this constant tug-of-war, this back and forth of power seizing, especially when collectively we haven’t seemed to ever truly understand power on a more fundamental level, particularly that it often tends to weaken us humans, rather than do any empowering. Real empowerment seems, by definition, to be a unitive thing, not a left/right thing. I admit I am not “conservative,” but I am a helluva lot more to the “right” than I ever imagined possible since 2016. I have been following your work with enthusiasm for the last year or so. I am disgusted by views I personally held less than 10 years ago. The whiplash has been wild, but necessary. I’m stoked for the work you do, honestly. But occasionally I get a little nervous about the way I imagine people will read your work, that it could rile them up rather than sober them up. I feel like we need to do this thing soberly, not revved up on hatred for “the Left” or, really, for anyone. Love is the real driving force and message of the Gospels. That should similarly be our inspiration here. The pendulum just swings back and forth and back and forth and everyone wants to have the momentum behind their movement, but very few people are willing to look at the actual apparatus that the pendulum swings from. With full respect, I’d love to see your work head more in that direction.
Chris, I'm an "old guy" - of the generation who, historically, dies in the fight against the totalitarian so that the next generation can rebuild/restore/renew. I'm ready for that if need be, whether literally or metaphorically. My encouragement comes in leaders like you who have a vision, based in tradition while imagining the future, and back it with concrete steps. You used a Christian analogy and so shall I: the book of James teaches that "faith without works is dead." In the same way, posts and manifestos are nothing without the actions that realize them. Thanks for showing all of us - and particularly my young adult/teen kids - what that synchronization looks like if we are to forge a hopeful future.
Men, men, men! Write big you may, but it was Elise Stefanik who fired that short heard round Harvard Yard! She hauled up three college presidents and cleaned their clocks! Who of you wise guys has done anything like it!
Haley killed DeSantis & the rest in the debates. It boggles this old lady's mind that you can aim at such pretensions when your party is about to re-elect a pinnacle of debasement - a cowardly whipped dog who won't even show is face in open debate. You are yet terrified to leave his acrid embrace. Heal thyself!
Excellent summation, Chris. Inspiring. I’m forwarding this to my 3 children to encourage them to be the tip of the spear on this…..and to family and friends….and my state Senator, whom I badger about education reform constantly. Keep it coming.
I'll add on to this: conservatives must be morally and ethically sound to advance the movement. We need more adherents, not more division. Trump is not the answer. He is crude, nasty, petty, and overtly seeking revenge. He is a terrible leader. Ron DeSantis can build a coalition and create lasting change. We need to do the right thing.
Keep saying this loudly. Please.
This was an excellent piece. I see this as a battle cry for conservatives. We must makes some changes in our approach if we want to stand a chance in hell on succeeding. Thank you for being a strong voice!
Superb article. Christopher Rufo has succinctly stated the activism necessary to return to our Founders’ ideals. We who live in Florida have already experienced his and others’ successes. But we have a long way to go and must NOT let the ideal of perfect inhibit our efforts. As an original Tea Party activist I was continually frustrated by those who masked their cowardice behind the rubric of acquiring the perfect result. Forge on Christopher Rufo! We applaud you and continue to fight within our spheres of influence.
This is such an important article. Great mind Rufo. I’ll vote for you any time!
I am detecting an important theme hinted at in this article, a theme that is usually lost upon establishment conservatives: namely, that rhetoric and intentions are less important than actual results. This will shock the Fox-Ryan-McConnell-McCain-Romney-Cheney wing of Republicans, for whom gracious losing is the most important attribute.
Hi Chris. Interesting timing for your article. I am part of a slate mailer for central committee candidates in CA. It looks too political. We need to stand out. Our Republican voters are outnumbered and out organized.. I told Eli to put on the mailer something like this. If you can advise or revise, great. God - Family - Country, our American values are aligned with yours. Vote for us to restore San Diego. I got push back when I gave my 1 min talk. I reminded everyone that our first president and his cabinet prayed for guidance to govern America. That we need to get back to our founding principles. Your feedback please. Thanks! Lee
Well said Mr. Rufo! (as always)
Thank you and may your writing continue to be spread far & wide influencing Americans to wake up and stand up for what is right - this piece so perfectly distills all that needs to be done!
Thank you, Chris, for being the "once more unto the breach" guy. You are an inspiration.
Couple of thoughts:
Curtis Yarvin: "there is no politics without an enemy." Our enemy is the educated class and the administrative state.
We need to replace the left's political formula that "we are the allies of the oppressed peoples in their fight against the white oppressors."
I say: "women expect to be protected." We must tell the women of America that we will protect them, from street crime, from men in the women's bathroom, sexual predators.
I say we live in Three Worlds: War World of politics and government; Market World of trust in people that demonstrate trustworthiness, and Life World of family and neighborhood. We need to trim the wings of War World, think deeply about how to broaden and deepen the trust culture of Market World, and help the lower class inhabit a safe and neighborly Life World.
I agree and applaud your New Right framework. Count me in as one of your “old guy” supporters. I like the results you have produced so far with DEI and Disney in Florida. But when you say we cannot cut the size and scope of government because “...the institutions which today shape public and private life will exist for the foreseeable future” I think you should take a look at radically doing something like Vivek Ramaswamy is saying and working towards eliminating the funding for 75% of the federal government workforce. The bureaucracy needs to be dismantled.
Im very curious about your thoughts on Aristotle’s Politics. In it, as you are likely already aware, he cautions against this constant tug-of-war, this back and forth of power seizing, especially when collectively we haven’t seemed to ever truly understand power on a more fundamental level, particularly that it often tends to weaken us humans, rather than do any empowering. Real empowerment seems, by definition, to be a unitive thing, not a left/right thing. I admit I am not “conservative,” but I am a helluva lot more to the “right” than I ever imagined possible since 2016. I have been following your work with enthusiasm for the last year or so. I am disgusted by views I personally held less than 10 years ago. The whiplash has been wild, but necessary. I’m stoked for the work you do, honestly. But occasionally I get a little nervous about the way I imagine people will read your work, that it could rile them up rather than sober them up. I feel like we need to do this thing soberly, not revved up on hatred for “the Left” or, really, for anyone. Love is the real driving force and message of the Gospels. That should similarly be our inspiration here. The pendulum just swings back and forth and back and forth and everyone wants to have the momentum behind their movement, but very few people are willing to look at the actual apparatus that the pendulum swings from. With full respect, I’d love to see your work head more in that direction.
Chris, I'm an "old guy" - of the generation who, historically, dies in the fight against the totalitarian so that the next generation can rebuild/restore/renew. I'm ready for that if need be, whether literally or metaphorically. My encouragement comes in leaders like you who have a vision, based in tradition while imagining the future, and back it with concrete steps. You used a Christian analogy and so shall I: the book of James teaches that "faith without works is dead." In the same way, posts and manifestos are nothing without the actions that realize them. Thanks for showing all of us - and particularly my young adult/teen kids - what that synchronization looks like if we are to forge a hopeful future.
Men, men, men! Write big you may, but it was Elise Stefanik who fired that short heard round Harvard Yard! She hauled up three college presidents and cleaned their clocks! Who of you wise guys has done anything like it!
Haley killed DeSantis & the rest in the debates. It boggles this old lady's mind that you can aim at such pretensions when your party is about to re-elect a pinnacle of debasement - a cowardly whipped dog who won't even show is face in open debate. You are yet terrified to leave his acrid embrace. Heal thyself!
This is the way.
We are people of The Way.
אמת.