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melodramas." He reminds those who emphasize trendy concepts
of difference and intersectionality that they are challenging the
very possibility of shared citizenship. Without citizens, Lilla argues,
there can't be any liberals.
In one of the arguments that has attracted the most opposition from the left, Lilla contends that the methods of Black Lives
Matter are the wrong way to build civic solidarity. He insists that
the movement sets the bar too high by indicting the whole of
American society for structural racism rather than responding to
specific abuses of police authority. Moreover, Lilla suggests that
the personal focus on Trump by the newly energized "Resistance"
may be counterproductive. In his view, mere anti-Trumpism cannot be an effective form of electoral politics because "resistance
is by nature reactive; it is not forward looking."
To conservative readers, however, Lilla offers an equally harsh
judgment, accusing them of failing to police their own camp and
thereby making room for the likes of Sarah Palin and Donald
Trump. These figures, he contends, achieved popularity with the
Republican base through appeals to white identity, inflaming hysteria, and constant demonization of opponents. Lilla urges more
sober members of the right to resist apocalyptic narratives that
identify organic laws of decline or proclaim imminent disasters.
And libertarians, too, will find little solace in these pages. Lilla
believes that libertarianism, whose watchwords are "self-reliance
and minimal government," cannot offer a coherent political vision
for the country as a whole.
There is much to agree with in this book and much to disagree
with as well. One might point out that Lilla cherry-picks his targets and leaves out legal and policy developments associated
with identity politics, such as affirmative action. His account of
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