National conservatives are revolutionaries

They do not see the West as the shining city on the hill, but as Rome before the fall—decadent, depraved and about to collapse amid a barbarian invasion. Not content with resisting progress, they also want to destroy classical liberalism.

How, then, should old-style conservatives and classical liberals deal with national conservatism? 

One answer is to take people’s legitimate grievances seriously. 

The citizens of many Western countries see illegal migration as a source of disorder and a drain on the public purse. They worry that their children will grow up to be poorer than they are. They are anxious about losing their jobs to new technology. 

They believe that institutions such as universities and the press have been captured by hostile, illiberal, left-leaning elites.

They see the globalists who have thrived in recent decades as members of a self-serving, arrogant caste who like to believe that they rose to the top in a meritocracy when, in reality, their success was inherited.

These complaints have their merits, and sneering at them only confirms how out of touch elites have become. 

Instead, liberals and old-style conservatives need policies to deal with them. 

The Economist 15 February 2024 

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/02/15/the-growing-peril-of-national-conservatism