The Reality Beyond the Fringe

There’s a moment in Vanity Fair’s rollicking dive into the Western convergence of the far left and dissident right that I wish was lent more attention. At one point, the writer Walter Kirn, a Montana resident, is asked to react to a popular Substack piece entitled “There’s Gonna be a War in Montana.” The author of the piece, Isaac Simpson, argues that on “one side you have global interests imputing their values, importing cheaper labor, hollowing out Montana’s attractions and selling them to an international bourgeoisie for maximum profits.”