The Manichean tendency of the postwar consensus, which insists that either it must dominate or fascism and racism will return, blinds our leadership class to the realities of the twenty-first century and poisons our politics with an all-or-nothing moralism that is as self-serving as it is destructive. These days, the rhetoric of anti-fascism, and even that of anti-racism, has become a cynical way to discredit those who challenge the supremacy of our elites.
