This assumption is reflected in
the blindsided, startled unease of liberals in the era of President Trump: “
There are moments when everything I have come to believe in — reasoned deliberation, mutual toleration, liberal democracy, free speech, honesty, decency, and moderation —
seem as if they are in eclipse,” Andrew Sullivan recently lamented in New York magazine. “For the foreseeable future,
nationalism is likely to remain a defining political force,” Yascha Mounk fretted this weekend in the
New York Times; “liberals should strive to make nationalism as inclusive as possible,” he warned. Against this backdrop of
liberal disquietude...