As far as I can see it evolved into mostly smart people writing dense texts about political philosophy.
That would describe quite a few political movements, actually - it's hardly exclusive to NRx.
Nope, political movements and political philosophy belong to different categories.
Some political movements evolve out of political philosophy texts, but not all political philosophy texts evolve into political movements.
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