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Crudely put, the Enlightenment took away the primacy of the community and replaced it with the primacy of the autonomous individual. It created neutral public systems such as democracy, law, and free speech to give individuals a spacious civil order within which they could figure their own life. Common morality, if it existed at all, was based on r... See more

Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?

“The left does not win its battles in debate. It doesn’t have to. In the twenty-first century, media is everything.

Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

In some ways the left has become even more conformist than the right. The liberal New Republic has less viewpoint diversity than the conservative National Review — a reversal of historical patterns.

David Brooks • Opinion | The Future of Nonconformity (Published 2020)

Bill Maher gives Trump credit for understanding that 'Western civilization' is more positive than the alternative: Bill Maher: "He seems to get the idea that 'Western civilization good' that a lot of these kids don't. There were two people shot outside the [Jewish museum] in Washington DC. They were embassy... See more

Eric Abbenante x.com

But what is their definition of the oppressed? It is not the economically oppressed that they have come to defend but the culturally oppressed.

George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond

La liberté d’expression, la liberté de la presse, le respect de la vie privée et le droit au procès équitable ne sont rien d’autre que l’inscription de l’impératif kantien dans les institutions sociales, en veillant à ce qu’il soit très difficile de les menacer ou de les modifier. Le seul risque qui menace le système démocratique, c’est qu’un group

Mark Manson • Tout est foutu: Un livre sur l'espoir (French Edition)

What distinguished libertarians from mainstream pro-business Republicans—Mailer’s parade of delegates in Miami Beach—was their pure and uncompromising idea. What was it? Hayek: “Planning leads to dictatorship.” The purpose of government is to secure individual rights, little else.

George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal

Bill Maher Just Took a Flamethrower to Woke Democrats and Their Anti-American Base “Less than 1 in 4 Democrats under 30 say they’re proud to be an American. Fifty-four percent say they’re embarrassed by it. Embarrassed like America is your mom picking you up at school? You’re embarrassed to be an American?”___LINEBREAK_... See more

The Vigilant Fox 🦊x.com

For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming. Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying. 1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in th... See more

Konstantin Kisin x.com