Patrick Deneen, a political philosopher at Notre Dame, says yes. He was a Democrat for years, and has now come to be seen as an “ideological guru” of the Trump administration. But that only tells half the story ... <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://politicalscience.nd.edu/people/patrick-deneen/">Patrick Deneen</a>, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>"<a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/maga-idiology-curtis-yarvin-patrick-deneen-9f93d566?">The Ideological Gurus Battling for the Soul of Trump World</a>," by Joshua Chaffin and Zusha Elinson (Wall Street Journal, 2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://unherd.com/2025/04/why-the-maga-doge-coalition-will-hold/">Why the MAGA-DOGE coalition will hold</a>," by Patrick Deneen (UnHerd, 2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/06/08/the-new-right-patrick-deneen-00100279">‘I Don’t Want to Violently Overthrow the Government. I Want Something Far More Revolutionary</a>,’" by Ian Ward (POLITICO, 2023).</li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3JBeOEK">Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future</a>, by Patrick Deneen (2023).</li><li><a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300240023/why-liberalism-failed/">Why Liberalism Failed</a>, by Patrick Deneen (2018).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/in-search-of-the-real-adam-smith/">In Search of the Real Adam Smith</a>," series by Freakonomics Radio (2022).</li></ul></li></ul>

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