“Apocalypse is right around the corner”: Rick Perlstein unloads on Mike Huckabee-style conservatives - Salon.com
SALON: It always seemed to me that the rhetoric you’re talking about is often removed from any policy goal; it’s more of an affirmation of identity.
RP: Well, ultimately, conservatism is about a tribal identity and not any particular policy goal. It’s about dividing the world into the saved and the damned, and policies are secondary or tertiary to that project.
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