>>8810914The whole concept of the promotion was individual exceptionalism and a return to the good ol'days when men were MEN. I'm not saying ECIII had a particular ideology in mind, I'm sure he didn't, but those talking points are (part of) right wing speech.
Personally, I do think he should have gone all in on the meme, make the promotion a full on "retvrn to tradition". It would have carve then a niche