“A fundamental problem with conservatism is that it reflexively seeks to conserve institutions that either don’t exist anymore, or which have been perverted to become hostile to the right. The only answer that avoids being crushed by ideologues is not to shrink from power, but to pursue, seize, and use it to demolish the overgrown political and cultural organs of the left. Abolishing tax exemptions, subsidies, and federal contracts for universities and subversive foundations is an imperative first step. But eliminating much of the entrenched bureaucracy and its various agencies, along with uprooting an army of managers, can only be achieved by embracing a mode of governance akin to that used by Franklin D. Roosevelt.”

                                                            – Pedro Gonzalez, Chronicles Magazine

As we’ve expressed many times before here at Advanced Citizenship, conservatism is dead. This is not a new revelation nor is it something that we say with glee. It is simply recognition of objective truth, truth that can be backed up with a whole lot of evidence. This seemed perfectly obvious with the election of Donald Trump in 2016. However, as of 2021, it’s crystal clear that GOP Establishment Republicans and the GOP Elites that own have never bothered to even attempt to understand this (this is not entirely inexplicable, as Trump’s victory in 2016 was largely a repudiation of them). As Tree of Woe brilliantly writes in his piece “Conservatism is Dead” on substack:

The ruling class has pilfered the wealth and productivity of three generations of workers, financialized it into securities, and sold it to the globe. Now the factories and infrastructure of the country decay, and with them go our productive capacities. As productivity declines, purchasing power declines, so more currency is printed for billionaires. Productive wages languish while financial wealth soars. The hyperinflation of our currency spells doom for our consumption. “You will own nothing,” and you will not be happy.

Because of this reality, it is beyond refreshing to see Based MVP Pedro Gonzalez continue to absolutely crush it, dropping based bombs left (watch him break down why America should cut military spending with Dr. Rashad Richey of The Young Turks, yes, you read that correctly, here) and right (watch him explain to Tucker Carlson how Biden is using the IRS, DOJ, and FBI to crush American citizens that dissent from the regime and suggest that the populist class go after Globalist oligarchs like the Kochs here and here).

We like Pedro because he thinks big, he’s fearless, he’s not afraid to think outside the box, and he’s nine billion times sharper than the dork stooges Conservative Inc. has been pumping out. Subscribe to Pedro’s substack here, check out his killer “Counterflow with Buck Johnson” conversation here and listen carefully as he breaks down why conservatism loses and continues to lose on “The Luke Macias Show” here.