Hey, does anyone remember that glorious new dawn when voters throughout the major democracies were just saying no to Trump-flavored pseudo-fascism and it seemed like “regular-order politics” was making a triumphant comeback? (Those quotation marks are a tribute to Jeb Bush, all the way back in the 2016 New Hampshire primary, perhaps the last time any Republican suggested that might be a good idea. Pour one out!)

Of course, the new dawn I’m talking about was just last spring: The tide was turning, or so it seemed, and muted celebrations broke out among the better-informed liberal classes. Britain’s Labour Party had won a big majority in Parliament. The not-quite neo-Nazis of AfD didn’t come close to winning in Germany, despite (or because of) Elon Musk’s fanboy meddling. Voters in Canada a

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