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(QC RSS) Pluggers
Rajesh is chill
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by David Potts
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Hi Irfan, Thanks for this stimulating comment. Naturally, I disagree with pretty much all of it 😊, but that’s how our thinking develops. Speaking of development, I have to say that I am working out these ideas as I go along. …
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and Clients
For the next few posts (I, II, III), I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and mobilization…
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(QC RSS) Liz Hears A Who
whatchoo tolkien about
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(The GiveWell Blog) June 2024 open thread
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Those are my measurements
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(QC RSS) Masochism For Dummies
Pintsize is doing book reviews now???
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by Irfan Khawaja
I don’t think that the Left can be understood in abstraction from a concern with justice. The standard left-wing criticism of classical liberalism is that its focus on liberty understood as freedom from coercion and respect for individual rights …
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(QC RSS) The Brewmaster
It’s pretty average tbh
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by Roderick T. Long
An alternative perspective: https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/11/the-distinctiveness-of-left-libertarianism/ LikeLike
Got any book recommendations?