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Ethan Mollick ⢠Article
The main tenets of liberalism are political democracy, limitations on the powers of government, the development of universal human rights, legal equality for all adult citizens, freedom of expression, respect for the value of viewpoint diversity and honest debate, respect for evidence and reason, the separation of church and state, and freedom of r
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The oldest conflict in American politics is the one between individualism and centralism. Reagan changed the terms by inverting them: the descendants of Jeffersonâs yeoman farmers, with their desire for independence, became sturdy car-company executives and investment bankers yearning to breathe free of big government. The heirs of Hamiltonâs arist
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Conservative policies aim to promote the free market, while liberal ones seek greater taxation to support shared infrastructure and safety net programs.
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Observations from recent conversations with liberals/lefties
Universal moral principles donât exist and arenât desirable; always do whatâs best for you.
Even when I explain that social justice puts me in a box that white people prefer, to white people, it is deflected to be about how white people are still racist, and itâs a question of power.
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ideological direction the Wokes are ill-prepared for, because itâs an aracial ultra-libertarianism rather than the white nationalism that folks like Marche and Walter think will be their foe.
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Conservatives, in contrast, are more parochialâconcerned about their groups, rather than all of humanity. For them, the Liberty/oppression foundation and the hatred of tyranny supports many of the tenets of economic conservatism: donât tread on me (with your liberal nanny state and its high taxes), donât tread on my business (with your oppressive r
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