#liberalism — Public Fediverse posts
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This concession overstates the #libertarian argument. Even on its own terms, taxation isn’t theft. The classical #liberal justification of property rights is that people get the fruits of their labor, but #libertarianism overlooks the fact that land isn’t a product of labor. However, using natural resources and land services are negative fruits of everyone’s labor. Positive law determines who owes these liabilities. Taxation satisfies these liabilities
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This concession overstates the #libertarian argument. Even on its own terms, taxation isn’t theft. The classical #liberal justification of property rights is that people get the fruits of their labor, but #libertarianism overlooks the fact that land isn’t a product of labor. However, using natural resources and land services are negative fruits of everyone’s labor. Positive law determines who owes these liabilities. Taxation satisfies these liabilities
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This concession overstates the #libertarian argument. Even on its own terms, taxation isn’t theft. The classical #liberal justification of property rights is that people get the fruits of their labor, but #libertarianism overlooks the fact that land isn’t a product of labor. However, using natural resources and land services are negative fruits of everyone’s labor. Positive law determines who owes these liabilities. Taxation satisfies these liabilities
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This concession overstates the #libertarian argument. Even on its own terms, taxation isn’t theft. The classical #liberal justification of property rights is that people get the fruits of their labor, but #libertarianism overlooks the fact that land isn’t a product of labor. However, using natural resources and land services are negative fruits of everyone’s labor. Positive law determines who owes these liabilities. Taxation satisfies these liabilities
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This concession overstates the #libertarian argument. Even on its own terms, taxation isn’t theft. The classical #liberal justification of property rights is that people get the fruits of their labor, but #libertarianism overlooks the fact that land isn’t a product of labor. However, using natural resources and land services are negative fruits of everyone’s labor. Positive law determines who owes these liabilities. Taxation satisfies these liabilities
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"Apolitical procurement" doesn't exist, and the Economist knows it. The UK already excludes suppliers on political grounds and the Economist cheers, Huawei's 5G being the biggest example.
Also, illiberalism is good, actually.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/britain-would-be-bonkers-to-ditch-palantir
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"Apolitical procurement" doesn't exist, and the Economist knows it. The UK already excludes suppliers on political grounds and the Economist cheers, Huawei's 5G being the biggest example.
Also, illiberalism is good, actually.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/britain-would-be-bonkers-to-ditch-palantir
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"Apolitical procurement" doesn't exist, and the Economist knows it. The UK already excludes suppliers on political grounds and the Economist cheers, Huawei's 5G being the biggest example.
Also, illiberalism is good, actually.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/britain-would-be-bonkers-to-ditch-palantir
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"Apolitical procurement" doesn't exist, and the Economist knows it. The UK already excludes suppliers on political grounds and the Economist cheers, Huawei's 5G being the biggest example.
Also, illiberalism is good, actually.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/britain-would-be-bonkers-to-ditch-palantir
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"Apolitical procurement" doesn't exist, and the Economist knows it. The UK already excludes suppliers on political grounds and the Economist cheers, Huawei's 5G being the biggest example.
Also, illiberalism is good, actually.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/20/britain-would-be-bonkers-to-ditch-palantir
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This produces a contradiction where the act of judgement is both good and bad if there is no inalienable right. With the inalienable right, the answer is always moral regardless of the consequences.
David Ellerman also derives inalienable rights from principles of justice.
https://www.ellerman.org/reclaiming-democratic-classical-liberalism/
#liberalism #liberal #ClassicalLiberal #deontology #deontological #HumanRights
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This produces a contradiction where the act of judgement is both good and bad if there is no inalienable right. With the inalienable right, the answer is always moral regardless of the consequences.
David Ellerman also derives inalienable rights from principles of justice.
https://www.ellerman.org/reclaiming-democratic-classical-liberalism/
#liberalism #liberal #ClassicalLiberal #deontology #deontological #HumanRights
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This produces a contradiction where the act of judgement is both good and bad if there is no inalienable right. With the inalienable right, the answer is always moral regardless of the consequences.
David Ellerman also derives inalienable rights from principles of justice.
https://www.ellerman.org/reclaiming-democratic-classical-liberalism/
#liberalism #liberal #ClassicalLiberal #deontology #deontological #HumanRights
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This produces a contradiction where the act of judgement is both good and bad if there is no inalienable right. With the inalienable right, the answer is always moral regardless of the consequences.
David Ellerman also derives inalienable rights from principles of justice.
https://www.ellerman.org/reclaiming-democratic-classical-liberalism/
#liberalism #liberal #ClassicalLiberal #deontology #deontological #HumanRights
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This produces a contradiction where the act of judgement is both good and bad if there is no inalienable right. With the inalienable right, the answer is always moral regardless of the consequences.
David Ellerman also derives inalienable rights from principles of justice.
https://www.ellerman.org/reclaiming-democratic-classical-liberalism/
#liberalism #liberal #ClassicalLiberal #deontology #deontological #HumanRights
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#WithoutDiminishment: "Michael Bonner: Liberalism cannot justify its own assumptions "Appealing solely to liberal principles fails because such appeals are inherently circular." https://www.withoutdiminishment.com/p/michael-bonner-liberalism-cannot-justify-its-own-assumptions" | nitter
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#WithoutDiminishment: "Michael Bonner: Liberalism cannot justify its own assumptions "Appealing solely to liberal principles fails because such appeals are inherently circular." https://www.withoutdiminishment.com/p/michael-bonner-liberalism-cannot-justify-its-own-assumptions" | nitter
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#WithoutDiminishment: "Michael Bonner: Liberalism cannot justify its own assumptions "Appealing solely to liberal principles fails because such appeals are inherently circular." https://www.withoutdiminishment.com/p/michael-bonner-liberalism-cannot-justify-its-own-assumptions" | nitter
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#WithoutDiminishment: "Michael Bonner: Liberalism cannot justify its own assumptions "Appealing solely to liberal principles fails because such appeals are inherently circular." https://www.withoutdiminishment.com/p/michael-bonner-liberalism-cannot-justify-its-own-assumptions" | nitter
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#WithoutDiminishment: "Michael Bonner: Liberalism cannot justify its own assumptions "Appealing solely to liberal principles fails because such appeals are inherently circular." https://www.withoutdiminishment.com/p/michael-bonner-liberalism-cannot-justify-its-own-assumptions" | nitter
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Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
Book bans, unintended consequences and mainstream media
Reality is often upsettingCensorship and challenging of library books in Western nations have risen sharply, driven by organized political campaigns targeting LGBTQIA+ themes, race, and geopolitical conflicts.
* "Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint."
“..It makes some people upset is unfortunate, but reality is often upsetting. This particular reality is especially upsetting … to the parents of the over 20,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023. Do Sydney officials plan on removing pro-Israel books from their libraries because it potentially upsets these community members?” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/18/sydney-waverley-library-removes-book-how-to-sell-a-genocide-from-shelves-ntwnfb* Book censorship?
That is when the 'the Streisand effect' kicks in: "It is the phenomenon in which an attempt to hide, remove, or censor information results in the unintended consequence of the effort instead increasing public awareness of the information." (wikipedia)* Here is the banned book:
How to Sell a Genocide
The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, By Adam H. Johnson >>
https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/
#censorship #books #BookBans #BannedBooks #Sydney #UpsettingReality #libraries #PublicLibraries #HumanRights #liberalism #MassViolence #MSM #MainstreamMedia #TheFourthEstate #journalism #PressComplicity #ManufacturedConsent #DemonisingDissent #genocide #RealityDenial -
It's interesting to watch the American Democratic party fall into the same bitter recriminations that have consumed Canada's NDP - it's not us that's wrong, it's the voters.
Canada also shows the remedy - Liberalism still has legs. Canada simply takes the world as it is, fights hard for its own beliefs and interests, doesn't confuse bold action for populism, and makes no apologies for doing what it must in the face of adversary near and afar.
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It's interesting to watch the American Democratic party fall into the same bitter recriminations that have consumed Canada's NDP - it's not us that's wrong, it's the voters.
Canada also shows the remedy - Liberalism still has legs. Canada simply takes the world as it is, fights hard for its own beliefs and interests, doesn't confuse bold action for populism, and makes no apologies for doing what it must in the face of adversary near and afar.
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It's interesting to watch the American Democratic party fall into the same bitter recriminations that have consumed Canada's NDP - it's not us that's wrong, it's the voters.
Canada also shows the remedy - Liberalism still has legs. Canada simply takes the world as it is, fights hard for its own beliefs and interests, doesn't confuse bold action for populism, and makes no apologies for doing what it must in the face of adversary near and afar.
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It's interesting to watch the American Democratic party fall into the same bitter recriminations that have consumed Canada's NDP - it's not us that's wrong, it's the voters.
Canada also shows the remedy - Liberalism still has legs. Canada simply takes the world as it is, fights hard for its own beliefs and interests, doesn't confuse bold action for populism, and makes no apologies for doing what it must in the face of adversary near and afar.
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It's interesting to watch the American Democratic party fall into the same bitter recriminations that have consumed Canada's NDP - it's not us that's wrong, it's the voters.
Canada also shows the remedy - Liberalism still has legs. Canada simply takes the world as it is, fights hard for its own beliefs and interests, doesn't confuse bold action for populism, and makes no apologies for doing what it must in the face of adversary near and afar.
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#Propaganda is when they tell you #Freedom is good but #Liberalism is bad. #Literacy is knowing they're the same. Liber means book. Libera means free. Libertas means freedom.
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#Propaganda is when they tell you #Freedom is good but #Liberalism is bad. #Literacy is knowing they're the same. Liber means book. Libera means free. Libertas means freedom.
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#Propaganda is when they tell you #Freedom is good but #Liberalism is bad. #Literacy is knowing they're the same. Liber means book. Libera means free. Libertas means freedom.
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#Propaganda is when they tell you #Freedom is good but #Liberalism is bad. #Literacy is knowing they're the same. Liber means book. Libera means free. Libertas means freedom.
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#Propaganda is when they tell you #Freedom is good but #Liberalism is bad. #Literacy is knowing they're the same. Liber means book. Libera means free. Libertas means freedom.
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"Fascism is the legitimate child of liberalism, killing the father." — Darko Suvin (2017)
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"Fascism is the legitimate child of liberalism, killing the father." — Darko Suvin (2017)
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"Fascism is the legitimate child of liberalism, killing the father." — Darko Suvin (2017)
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"Fascism is the legitimate child of liberalism, killing the father." — Darko Suvin (2017)
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"Fascism is the legitimate child of liberalism, killing the father." — Darko Suvin (2017)
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🔴 Filosofiska rummet i P1 har haft en intressant tredelad serie nu i sommar om läget för socialismen, konservatismen och liberalismen, med olika inbjudna forskare, företrädesvis statsvetare och filosofer.
https://internationalen.se/pa-spaning-efter-socialismen-konservatismen-och-liberalismen/
#SvPol #Ideologier #Val2026 #FilosofiskaRummet #Socialism #Liberalism #Konservatism -
🔴 Filosofiska rummet i P1 har haft en intressant tredelad serie nu i sommar om läget för socialismen, konservatismen och liberalismen, med olika inbjudna forskare, företrädesvis statsvetare och filosofer.
https://internationalen.se/pa-spaning-efter-socialismen-konservatismen-och-liberalismen/
#SvPol #Ideologier #Val2026 #FilosofiskaRummet #Socialism #Liberalism #Konservatism -
🔴 Filosofiska rummet i P1 har haft en intressant tredelad serie nu i sommar om läget för socialismen, konservatismen och liberalismen, med olika inbjudna forskare, företrädesvis statsvetare och filosofer.
https://internationalen.se/pa-spaning-efter-socialismen-konservatismen-och-liberalismen/
#SvPol #Ideologier #Val2026 #FilosofiskaRummet #Socialism #Liberalism #Konservatism -
🔴 Filosofiska rummet i P1 har haft en intressant tredelad serie nu i sommar om läget för socialismen, konservatismen och liberalismen, med olika inbjudna forskare, företrädesvis statsvetare och filosofer.
https://internationalen.se/pa-spaning-efter-socialismen-konservatismen-och-liberalismen/
#SvPol #Ideologier #Val2026 #FilosofiskaRummet #Socialism #Liberalism #Konservatism -
🔴 Filosofiska rummet i P1 har haft en intressant tredelad serie nu i sommar om läget för socialismen, konservatismen och liberalismen, med olika inbjudna forskare, företrädesvis statsvetare och filosofer.
https://internationalen.se/pa-spaning-efter-socialismen-konservatismen-och-liberalismen/
#SvPol #Ideologier #Val2026 #FilosofiskaRummet #Socialism #Liberalism #Konservatism -
#MissKittyPolitics #Palestine
"So much for #Eisenkot’s supposed pragmatism and #liberalism. He openly rejects a #two-state solution and proudly supports Israeli #settlements – settlements that the international court of justice and multiple UN resolutions consider #illegal under international #law."
The media is infatuated with G... -
Supermiljöbloggen Filosofen Olof Torpman har i sin bok "En grön höger" slagit fast att liberalism och konservatism kan inrymma klimatpolitik.#AtlasNetwork #Exxon #klimatdesinformation #Klimatpolitik #konservatism #liberalism #OlofTorpman #Tidöregeringen #Timbro #val #valrörelse
När blir klimatet en fråga även för svensk höger? - Supermiljöbloggen -
Supermiljöbloggen Filosofen Olof Torpman har i sin bok "En grön höger" slagit fast att liberalism och konservatism kan inrymma klimatpolitik.#AtlasNetwork #Exxon #klimatdesinformation #Klimatpolitik #konservatism #liberalism #OlofTorpman #Tidöregeringen #Timbro #val #valrörelse
När blir klimatet en fråga även för svensk höger? - Supermiljöbloggen -
An excellent episode. From the description of this episode of The Minefield on ABC Listen:
The suspicion of hidden influence and the fear of special consideration undermine the faith of citizens in our shared institutions to behave justly.
Even when these institutions are conducting themselves equitably and representatives are making decisions on principled grounds, the ubiquity of money in politics breeds mistrust and ensures that suspicion lingers just below the surface of democratic life.
This is why any healthy political order depends on trust and is sustained through rigorous forms of public accountability.
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An excellent episode. From the description of this episode of The Minefield on ABC Listen:
The suspicion of hidden influence and the fear of special consideration undermine the faith of citizens in our shared institutions to behave justly.
Even when these institutions are conducting themselves equitably and representatives are making decisions on principled grounds, the ubiquity of money in politics breeds mistrust and ensures that suspicion lingers just below the surface of democratic life.
This is why any healthy political order depends on trust and is sustained through rigorous forms of public accountability.
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An excellent episode. From the description of this episode of The Minefield on ABC Listen:
The suspicion of hidden influence and the fear of special consideration undermine the faith of citizens in our shared institutions to behave justly.
Even when these institutions are conducting themselves equitably and representatives are making decisions on principled grounds, the ubiquity of money in politics breeds mistrust and ensures that suspicion lingers just below the surface of democratic life.
This is why any healthy political order depends on trust and is sustained through rigorous forms of public accountability.
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An excellent episode. From the description of this episode of The Minefield on ABC Listen:
The suspicion of hidden influence and the fear of special consideration undermine the faith of citizens in our shared institutions to behave justly.
Even when these institutions are conducting themselves equitably and representatives are making decisions on principled grounds, the ubiquity of money in politics breeds mistrust and ensures that suspicion lingers just below the surface of democratic life.
This is why any healthy political order depends on trust and is sustained through rigorous forms of public accountability.
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An excellent episode. From the description of this episode of The Minefield on ABC Listen:
The suspicion of hidden influence and the fear of special consideration undermine the faith of citizens in our shared institutions to behave justly.
Even when these institutions are conducting themselves equitably and representatives are making decisions on principled grounds, the ubiquity of money in politics breeds mistrust and ensures that suspicion lingers just below the surface of democratic life.
This is why any healthy political order depends on trust and is sustained through rigorous forms of public accountability.
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Growing up, I was always told to mock #socialism as a form of utopianism, as if that was a bad thing. #Utopianism was never a belief that something would happen, or that anything would be perfect. It was a thought experiment to consider what a perfect outcome would look like, so we could implement the ideas and get as close as possible. Meanwhile, #capitalism , #conservatism , #liberalism , and #libertarianism are just as #utopian in their dreams. Capitalism and libertarianism believe that if we JUST get government out of the way, we could have the #freemarkets work the way they are supposed to and lead to prosperity for all, never mind that corporations only exist because of #bankruptcy laws and standards created by Congress. Modern conservatism believes that if we just went back to a specific, unspecified time point when religion ruled, we would have prosperity again, never mind that America was never like that, even when we were at our most religious. #Liberals believe that if freedom, equality, and equity are guaranteed, but with a true free market that does require governments to regulate it, we would have true prosperity. The only difference is that #Marx , using arguments by #AdamSmith himself, poked holes in all of these ideas at their core. That the structure itself needed an overhaul of who holds power, or at least patched with a strong welfare state, and to work toward that utopian dream where the people held the power instead of the lords or #oligarchs and everyone was a lawmaker with direct democracy, there was a return of #thecommons that was just the norm for most of human history, and #personalproperty was something you physically used, erned and worked instead of from trading, hoarding and wasting while people starved aka #privateproperty . The day the lords stole the commons from the people was the day that socialism started to exist, with the Diggers and the Levelers attempting to take on the power of the lords and realizing they already ran their own villages, or communes and affairs in their areas, and the lords were just a middleman that contributed little to nothing. Hence the term #communism , which is a return to the natural commons people like #John Locke and #Voltaire and other #Enlightenment thinkers idealized, but capitalism has brainwashed people to ignore, forget, or never know in the first place they believed this while we were told to look up to them. Utopianism gives us the power to dream, to coalesce our ideas and our ideals. When we were told not to dream of our ideal world but were told to dream of their ideal, that's when the dream died and we just all became doomers. -
Growing up, I was always told to mock #socialism as a form of utopianism, as if that was a bad thing. #Utopianism was never a belief that something would happen, or that anything would be perfect. It was a thought experiment to consider what a perfect outcome would look like, so we could implement the ideas and get as close as possible. Meanwhile, #capitalism , #conservatism , #liberalism , and #libertarianism are just as #utopian in their dreams. Capitalism and libertarianism believe that if we JUST get government out of the way, we could have the #freemarkets work the way they are supposed to and lead to prosperity for all, never mind that corporations only exist because of #bankruptcy laws and standards created by Congress. Modern conservatism believes that if we just went back to a specific, unspecified time point when religion ruled, we would have prosperity again, never mind that America was never like that, even when we were at our most religious. #Liberals believe that if freedom, equality, and equity are guaranteed, but with a true free market that does require governments to regulate it, we would have true prosperity. The only difference is that #Marx , using arguments by #AdamSmith himself, poked holes in all of these ideas at their core. That the structure itself needed an overhaul of who holds power, or at least patched with a strong welfare state, and to work toward that utopian dream where the people held the power instead of the lords or #oligarchs and everyone was a lawmaker with direct democracy, there was a return of #thecommons that was just the norm for most of human history, and #personalproperty was something you physically used, erned and worked instead of from trading, hoarding and wasting while people starved aka #privateproperty . The day the lords stole the commons from the people was the day that socialism started to exist, with the Diggers and the Levelers attempting to take on the power of the lords and realizing they already ran their own villages, or communes and affairs in their areas, and the lords were just a middleman that contributed little to nothing. Hence the term #communism , which is a return to the natural commons people like #John Locke and #Voltaire and other #Enlightenment thinkers idealized, but capitalism has brainwashed people to ignore, forget, or never know in the first place they believed this while we were told to look up to them. Utopianism gives us the power to dream, to coalesce our ideas and our ideals. When we were told not to dream of our ideal world but were told to dream of their ideal, that's when the dream died and we just all became doomers. -
Growing up, I was always told to mock #socialism as a form of utopianism, as if that was a bad thing. #Utopianism was never a belief that something would happen, or that anything would be perfect. It was a thought experiment to consider what a perfect outcome would look like, so we could implement the ideas and get as close as possible. Meanwhile, #capitalism , #conservatism , #liberalism , and #libertarianism are just as #utopian in their dreams. Capitalism and libertarianism believe that if we JUST get government out of the way, we could have the #freemarkets work the way they are supposed to and lead to prosperity for all, never mind that corporations only exist because of #bankruptcy laws and standards created by Congress. Modern conservatism believes that if we just went back to a specific, unspecified time point when religion ruled, we would have prosperity again, never mind that America was never like that, even when we were at our most religious. #Liberals believe that if freedom, equality, and equity are guaranteed, but with a true free market that does require governments to regulate it, we would have true prosperity. The only difference is that #Marx , using arguments by #AdamSmith himself, poked holes in all of these ideas at their core. That the structure itself needed an overhaul of who holds power, or at least patched with a strong welfare state, and to work toward that utopian dream where the people held the power instead of the lords or #oligarchs and everyone was a lawmaker with direct democracy, there was a return of #thecommons that was just the norm for most of human history, and #personalproperty was something you physically used, erned and worked instead of from trading, hoarding and wasting while people starved aka #privateproperty . The day the lords stole the commons from the people was the day that socialism started to exist, with the Diggers and the Levelers attempting to take on the power of the lords and realizing they already ran their own villages, or communes and affairs in their areas, and the lords were just a middleman that contributed little to nothing. Hence the term #communism , which is a return to the natural commons people like #John Locke and #Voltaire and other #Enlightenment thinkers idealized, but capitalism has brainwashed people to ignore, forget, or never know in the first place they believed this while we were told to look up to them. Utopianism gives us the power to dream, to coalesce our ideas and our ideals. When we were told not to dream of our ideal world but were told to dream of their ideal, that's when the dream died and we just all became doomers.
