Modern Age with Dan McCarthy

EP. 035 - Why Libertarianism and Traditionalism Keep Colliding

February 5, 2026·56 min
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If conservatives favor limited government, how limited should it be? In this episode, Dan McCarthy explores that unexpected convergence on the American Right. We revisit the late-20th-century debates between libertarians, paleoconservatives, and neoconservatives over trade, borders, national sovereignty, and the growing power of the federal state and why those arguments are resurfacing today in the New Right. The discussion turns to a deeper question: whether either the market or the ...

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