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- Can you be anti-institutional and not be a libertarian? American libertarianism, to me, is tainted by incredible poor taste. It’s one half of arrogant sub-Peter Thiel techjocks and one half stockpile guns, hide gold under your mattress survivalists. There ought be a more humanistic, rounded vision of life with less government (and even that phrase is stale ‘less government’ — it ought be replaced too).
- As long as Trump remains good for ratings, he will remain incredibly dangerous.
- The game theory analysis of the post-Bolton White House is frightening. Very.
- “Terrifying” is a popular media trope. So I wonder if I’m just scared because everyone else is saying they’re scared all the time. Perhaps ‘being terrified’ is just a generic liberal pose. Perhaps we all feel more comfortable being ‘terrified’ together. Perhaps, ironically, being terrified is a way of feeling comfortable and at ease.
- Antifa was probably a little too cool for its own good. One gets the sense that the Antifa enjoyed having fascists around a little too much. Gave them something to do.
- Skeptical humanism arises as a result of a chaotic world, not a peaceful one. Montaigne lived in a time of incredible sectarian violence; Plato in a time of plague, war, and authoritarianism. Skeptical humanism is an antibody produced by the sick body of the polis.
