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When Conservatism Meant Freedom

When Conservatism Meant Freedom

The David Frum Show vor 1 Jahr

The biographer Charles Moore on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy, the soul of conservatism, and what today’s right has forgotten. Plus: David Frum on the current government shutdown and Stefan Zweig’s The World of Yesterday.

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On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum
opens with observations about the ongoing government shutdown, how
it could be a strategic mistake for Republicans, and why this
political standoff is best understood as a “quasi-election” about
the rule of law itself. Then Frum is joined by Lord Charles Moore,
the authorized biographer of Margaret Thatcher, to mark the
centenary of her birth. Together, they look back on Thatcher’s
transformation of Britain, from nationalized stagnation to a
revitalized free-market democracy, and her alliance with Ronald
Reagan, which helped bring the Cold War to a close. Moore explains
how Thatcher’s belief in “law-based liberty” and her defense of
national sovereignty set her apart from both libertarians and
nationalists, and why her example of disciplined, principled
leadership feels more and more distant in the politics of today. In
the book segment, David discusses Stefan Zweig’s The World of
Yesterday, and reflects on exile, despair, and why holding on to
hope, rather than despair, matters when history suddenly turns
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