Thank you once again for joining the Claremont Institute's American Mind for another

special edition podcast.

I'm Ryan Williams, President of the Claremont Institute, and publisher of the American Mind

and the Claremont Review of Books.

In what follows, we assess the extraordinary political and cultural revolution that was

2020, a year that brought down on normal Americans, nearly every dangerous trend of the

last century of progressive government in America.

Rule by unelected experts, emergency suspension of normal deliberation and lawmaking, the

arbitrary and unequal enforcement of the laws depending on one standing with the ruling

class and worst of all, the separation of political majorities from the normal, regular,

and unmanipulated exercise of informed consent.

As always, thanks for listening, and thanks for your support of our work.

2020 is the year the ruling class struck back.

During a year of destruction and discontent, the ruling class did what it could at every

level to impose its will on tens of millions of everyday Americans, who simply wanted

to see their way of life restored and preserved, or at least acknowledged and respected.

In so doing, the ruling class exposed the size, the scope, and the nature of the challenge

facing us all.

It's a challenge that transcends anyone office, branch of government, or party, and it

concerns whether we are and will be America or America in name only.

It demands of us that eternal question posed in the movie be untouchables.

What are you prepared to do?

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