"In short, the New Deal Order made social power too equal . . . "
That's a deeply depressing summary, but I feel like it doesn't fully answer the question.
It's unsurprising that the New Deal coalition would eventually falter and that, among various possibilities for "what comes next" backlash would be one of the threads. But the real question is why did neoliberalism become a political order (with "the ability to shape the core ideas of political life... not just for one political party’s most ardent supporters but for people located across the political spectrum.")? Why wasn't the New Deal followed by a political environment like we see today in which there was no single winner?
"In short, the New Deal Order made social power too equal . . . "
That's a deeply depressing summary, but I feel like it doesn't fully answer the question.
It's unsurprising that the New Deal coalition would eventually falter and that, among various possibilities for "what comes next" backlash would be one of the threads. But the real question is why did neoliberalism become a political order (with "the ability to shape the core ideas of political life... not just for one political party’s most ardent supporters but for people located across the political spectrum.")? Why wasn't the New Deal followed by a political environment like we see today in which there was no single winner?