An Open Letter to Donald Trump, by David Solway.

I believe it is either naïve or disingenuous — one way or another, an egregious error — to assume that the political fissure between collectivism and individuality, Socialism and classical liberalism, fantasy and reality, can ever be closed. …

In modern times in the Western world, the conflict has been between a collectivist, command-economy philosophy held by a managerial elite, whether Marxist, Socialist or Progressivist, and a democratic, free-market dispensation predicated on the franchise and a government responsible to its citizens. …

By definition, one cannot pacify an implacable foe, and one should not fall into the deceptively alluring trap of believing that social, cultural and political harmony can ultimately prevail on any imaginable level. Your enemies on the left — the media, the academy, the brainwashed student cohort, the entertainment industry, the Democratic Party — and your enemies on the right — the Republican aristocracy, the Muslim sector, the fringe fascists — will not go away. They will work against you indefatigably regardless of your best intentions. …

Mr. Trump, the time has come to do political and cultural battle, not to propose or settle for a truce with those who endanger the survival of the republic and who are relentless in their enmity.

That’s an interesting perspective.