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American Feudalism
A liberalism that divides humanity into a master class and a slave class deserves an asterisk as “white liberalism.”
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An Open Society, If You Can Keep It
The modern world made the open society possible, but also empowered people seeking to undermine it.
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It's Not the One Percent. It's Your Neighbors.
The rentier economy that has a stranglehold on American quality of life includes a lot more than one percent of the population.
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Liberalism's Persistent Troubles: James E. Cronin's "Fragile Victory"
The work of preserving liberalism is perpetual.
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Closed Borders Are the Line in the Sand
The way forward is clear.
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In Defense of “Yard-Sign Libertarianism”
"No Human is Illegal" is an ideal we can appeal to, however imperfectly it is put into practice.
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Liberalism on Its Own Terms: Alexandre Lefebvre's "Liberalism As a Way of Life"
Lefebvre articulates a clear and accessible vision for a new type of society.
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Liberals Must Get Comfortable Running Counter to the Media
Vocal pushback to harmful stories about DEI or trans healthcare won’t crumple the media or rob it of its ability to stand up against oppression.
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We Can Organize
The methods of the Civil Rights Movement are still available to us today.
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To My Fellow Libertarians: It's Time to Embrace the Harris-Walz Ticket
Libertarians, long used to holding their noses to pick the lesser evil or abstaining entirely, now have plenty of reasons for enthusiasm.
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Neutralizing MAGA: Applying Frederick Douglass's Fugitive Philosophy
Governments must be a terror to evildoers if they would be praised to those who do well. It will not do for a government with the knife of treason at its throat, to bear the sword in vain. [Lecture on Haiti, 1893] Frederick Douglass lived the life of a fugitive,
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In Praise of Wokeness
Don't blame woke ideas, which have merit, for the self-defeating style of politics that is pervasive online.