Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.

The Cold War was really the great struggle of the 20th Century and it shaped American political life from top to bottom.

What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to have influence across the political spectrum.

The Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in the Bible and that inasmuch as we interfere with the market, we're interfering with God's literal and visible hand.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

The Family is the oldest and arguably most influential religious political organization in Washington.

What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.