I just read a quote where Rainer Stinner, the head of the liberal Free Democratic Party in Germany, referred to Angela Merkel as "the ultimate incrementalist." It reminded me of the difference between European conservatives and their American cousins. Of what important conservative leader in the U.S. could that be said?
An incrementalist is still interested in creeping ever so slowly forward. The most powerful and influential American conservatives, the ones who are running the conservative party, are still trying to roll back the New Deal and deny the concept of a social contract. They want to move backward, and not at a snail's pace either.
Another example of American Exceptionalism.
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