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Bruce Gilley

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Professor. Conservative. God-fearing. Eurocentric colonial apologist.
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The Rise of the Anti-Democratic Left

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By Bruce Gilley
| New English Review
By Bruce Gilley For more than a century, elements of the Left have harbored a deep suspicion of democracy whenever it fails to deliver left-wing outcomes. The classic Leninist critique branded liberal democracy as a “bourgeois” façade, allegedly captured by capitalist-controlled media and interest groups. On this view, elections are legitimate only when they ratify socialist or progressive aims; when they do not, democracy is exposed as a sham.
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The American Way of Christian Empire

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By Bruce Gilley
| New English Review
By Bruce Gilley President Donald Trump’s revival of the American imperial spirit has raised many questions about its relationship to the Christian voters who largely supported him in 2024. Certainly it was no secret that the second Trump presidency would bring a return to the muscular American role in a troubled world that he had pursued in his first term, unconstrained by a so-called “liberal international order” that was neither liberal nor orderly.
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What Do Democrats Mean by ‘Democracy’?

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By Bruce Gilley
| New English Review
By Bruce Gilley A journal called Liberal Currents recently invited me to contribute to a scholarly symposium on what the editor, Adam Gurri, described as “how we can move to a new, stable democratic regime after Trump.” He was particularly interested in “what sort of accountability model should be pursued, especially if it has to be done on a partisan basis by a Democratic trifecta.” I disagreed with the premise of the symposium and declined.
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