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Democratic self-governance is far harder than it needs to be in online spaces, and autocratic flows of power arise easily
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
lugubriously
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
Our social skills are currently inadequate to the pluralistic societies we are living in.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
A key leader in this aspect of New Right activism is Mike Cernovich.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Both threats strike at the heart of democracy, which, as Alexis de Tocqueville famously highlighted in Democracy in America, depends on deep and diverse, non-market, decentralized social and civil connections to thrive
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Nos démocraties libérales ressemblent de plus en plus aux « sociétés civiles bourgeoises » décrites par Hegel, des sociétés dont les deux figures principales sont l’économiste et le juriste, pas le politique ou le citoyen.
Raphael Glucksmann • Les Enfants du vide - De l'impasse individualiste au réveil citoyen (French Edition)
Political Philosophy: Studies good and bad social institutions, and how society ought to be arranged.
Michael Huemer • Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy
“lifestyle liberalism, fiscal conservativism”)—had
David Graeber • Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
“If you stood right up to him, he backed right down,” he says. “He was just a natural bully. So whenever he tried something, I’d pretend to lose my temper. And after a while, he didn’t try any more.”