Sometimes, I need to get on my soapbox about something other than books,
movies, geocaching, travel, and cooking. So...
In the words of the Heritage Foundation's leader, Kevin Roberts, Project 2025 is a guidebook for a second American revolution, which will be bloodless only if "the left allows it to be."
I've spent a great deal of time perusing the document, and it really is a monster, which uses a lot of bland terminology for extreme (and I mean extreme) right-wing policies. These are ostensibly its aims:
1. Restore the family as the centerpiece of American life and protect our children.
2. Dismantle the administrative state and return self-governance to the American people.
3. Defend our nation’s sovereignty, borders, and bounty against global threats.
4. Secure our God-given individual rights to live freely—what our Constitution calls “the Blessings of Liberty.”
So, is Kevin Roberts' statement hyperbole? I would say no. I absolutely take it at face value.
In the words of the Heritage Foundation's leader, Kevin Roberts, Project 2025 is a guidebook for a second American revolution, which will be bloodless only if "the left allows it to be."
I've spent a great deal of time perusing the document, and it really is a monster, which uses a lot of bland terminology for extreme (and I mean extreme) right-wing policies. These are ostensibly its aims:
1. Restore the family as the centerpiece of American life and protect our children.
2. Dismantle the administrative state and return self-governance to the American people.
3. Defend our nation’s sovereignty, borders, and bounty against global threats.
4. Secure our God-given individual rights to live freely—what our Constitution calls “the Blessings of Liberty.”
So, is Kevin Roberts' statement hyperbole? I would say no. I absolutely take it at face value.
It's not an exaggeration to say that, in my view, once you begin looking at the details, it is as close to a fascist treatise as any guidebook could be. Whatever you take "wokeness" to be, this is the declaration of war against it (and what the right calls "woke" has been so perverted from its original connotation that it's unrecognizable; to the extreme right, "woke" basically means any attitude, policy, or program that helps more people than it harms). If you truly value your personal freedoms, a healthy environment, a healthcare system that isn't in absolute disarray (if you think it is now, just wait), and an economy that's not going to crash for everyone but the super-wealthy, educate yourself about this extreme viewpoint accordingly. Believe me, it affects everyone, right, left, or wherever you stand.
Here's a fairly balanced summary from The Hill: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4753684-heritage-foundation-project-2025/
Here is a view from that left-wing champion Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2024/07/01/project-2025-is-a-blueprint-for-business-disaster/
Here is the document itself (a gut-wrenching 900+ pages): https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise
