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Vance is an intellectual heavyweight, a politician-philosopher. Among his influences are the social doctrine of the Church, the thought of René Girard, and the ideas of postliberal theorists like Sohrab Ahmari and Patrick Deneen.
It is obvious that the new right is advancing everywhere, encroaching on a center-right that has internalized the left’s ideological impositions (from the «climate emergency» to «gender violence,» transgenderism, or identity politics).
However, Trump, Le Pen, Meloni, Milei, and Orban are often lumped together in one litany, overlooking clear differences between them.
Let’s compare the speech of Javier Milei at Davos last week with the one delivered by J.D. Vance — intellectual mentor and protégé of Trumpism — when he accepted his vice-presidential candidacy in July.
The Argentine…
