Antiliberals may complain about wokeness, therefore, but it is the liberal system of government bequeathed by the founders that they are really objecting to. What they seek is the overthrow of the liberal foundations of American society. What they really want, as Deneen frankly proclaims, is “regime change.” Since the birth of the American republic, many American citizens have tolerated the system only for as long as they were allowed to ignore it and keep liberalism at bay, as long as they were allowed to maintain their preliberal traditions. But whenever pressure to conform to the nation’s
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