The piece argues that figures like Marc Andreessen are not conservative but progressive in a right‑coded way: they center moral legitimacy on technological progress, infinite growth, and human intelligence. This explains why left media mislabel them as conservative and why traditional left/right frames fail to describe today’s tech politics.
— Clarifying this category helps journalists, voters, and policymakers map new coalitions around AI, energy, and growth without confusing them with traditional conservatism.
Samuel Rubinstein
2026.04.16
85% relevant
The article documents how conservative intellectuals are rebranding and organizing around a postliberal agenda (culture, family policy, sovereignty) and identifies JD Vance as an Americanizing figure—directly mapping to the existing idea that a distinct 'right‑wing progressive' tendency is forming and cross‑bordering from Europe to the U.S.
Richard Bourke
2026.03.16
88% relevant
The article argues that MAGA combines traditionally left critiques of global capitalism (protectionism, industrial strategy) with conservative cultural positions (anti‑woke), describing a political combination that maps onto the existing idea that a strand of right‑wing politics is borrowing policies and rhetoric from the old Left to form a cross‑class coalition; the author names Trump, elite backers, and the movement’s working‑class reach as concrete actors that create this hybrid.
Felix Pope
2026.01.08
62% relevant
This article shows Reform UK and Nigel Farage elevating a candidate (ex‑Conservative, practising Muslim) who seeks to make the party appear more electorally respectable in a big city — an example of the 'right‑wing progressive' pattern where insurgent right actors adopt frames and personnel to broaden appeal.
2025.10.07
100% relevant
Lyons’s reading of Andreessen’s 'Techno‑Optimist Manifesto' as a progressive creed and his coinage of 'Right‑Wing Progressives.'