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Mar 26, 2023·edited Mar 26, 2023

It seems to me that these four groups reject the enlightenment, reject democracy, reject the rule of law, and reject common morality. Anyone who is allied with Trump has looked the other way or encouraged political corruption, Putinistic spreading of conspiracy theories and generalized lying, intimidation and bullying. The anti-vaccine movement is a case in point: no problem with spreading lies disparaging the effectiveness of vaccines and minimizing the dangers of Covid, as more Republicans died from Covid because they refused to take precautions or get vaccinated. The "Anarcho-Bros worship of male dominance and tolerance for racism just proves my point.

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Funny how the Left version of both populism ( Sanders) and Anarchism ( Kropotkin, mutual aid) are defined out of the picture in the new mainstream Media. I have been saying this is the end of the European Enlightenment for years. Kant's Categorical Imperative is gone, replaced by tribal loyalties. We are heading towards a new Feudalism, with Bezos, Musk and Gates our new lords.

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Great article ty. Moderate center left here, more and more it seems that I am in lockstep with the sane, and now the rebel wing of the libertarians. People who actually get “classical liberalism”. Tbh I’m sure many of my own tribe are on board these days. Maybe the economic incentives of pretending not to be on the good ship classical liberalism these days is too strong for many of my fellow so called moderates...meanwhile love this breakdown many thanks

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I used to be a classic Liberal. Now I'm labelled a Conservative...but I'm still a classic old school Liberal at heart. So what changed? We CAN NOT solve problems when only one side is convinced they are 100% right on everything and the other side is convinced the other side is 100% wrong on everything. This is statistically impossible. Both sides have their shortcomings. Left brain and right brain need to work together to move the body forward. It's time to start recognizing each other's strengths and working WITH THEM rather than against them. The only way to solve the world's problems is through entanglement of both sides and some concession when someone is wrong.

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