Authoritarianism
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New York’s Death Wish
History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.
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Breakneck: Dan Wang Explores the Strange Symmetry of US and China
Dan Wang explores how the United States and China, while rivals in power, share surprising similarities that shape their economies, politics, and global influence.
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Authoritarians and Extremists Exploit the Right’s Political Confusion
Conservatives face a critical task: reassert the principles that defined the movement — individual liberty, limited government, and distrust of authoritarianism — or lose it to unprincipled opportunists.
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Hashtag Handcuffs: The Global Rise of Online Speech Policing
Governments are tightening control over what citizens can say online. The worldwide slide toward punishing speech has profound consequences for open societies.
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The Southern Conservative Who Warned Against Authoritarian Temptation
Before fascism and communism were historical shorthand, Richard Weaver analyzed their shared intellectual roots. His insights on moral humility speak directly to today’s culture-war politics.
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Sanctions Didn’t Destroy Venezuela’s Economy — Socialism Did
Venezuela’s five-stage socialist collapse dismantled the rule of law, destroyed investment, and unleashed hyperinflation, long before Washington acted.
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Section 1033: DC’s Quiet Takeover of Your Financial Data
CFPB’s new data mandate grows regulatory power by redefining “protection” as permission. Washington is fusing monetary and informational control.
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Mayor Mamdani: Marxism on Training Wheels?
History shows us that a government empowered to dictate wages and ownership for “equality” will mutate into control over individual choices.
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Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the state.
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How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It
Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China’s economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.
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New York’s Death Wish
History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.
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Breakneck: Dan Wang Explores the Strange Symmetry of US and China
Dan Wang explores how the United States and China, while rivals in power, share surprising similarities that shape their economies, politics, and global influence.
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Authoritarians and Extremists Exploit the Right’s Political Confusion
Conservatives face a critical task: reassert the principles that defined the movement — individual liberty, limited government, and distrust of authoritarianism — or lose it to unprincipled opportunists.
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Hashtag Handcuffs: The Global Rise of Online Speech Policing
Governments are tightening control over what citizens can say online. The worldwide slide toward punishing speech has profound consequences for open societies.
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•
The Southern Conservative Who Warned Against Authoritarian Temptation
Before fascism and communism were historical shorthand, Richard Weaver analyzed their shared intellectual roots. His insights on moral humility speak directly to today’s culture-war politics.
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Sanctions Didn’t Destroy Venezuela’s Economy — Socialism Did
Venezuela’s five-stage socialist collapse dismantled the rule of law, destroyed investment, and unleashed hyperinflation, long before Washington acted.
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Section 1033: DC’s Quiet Takeover of Your Financial Data
CFPB’s new data mandate grows regulatory power by redefining “protection” as permission. Washington is fusing monetary and informational control.
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Mayor Mamdani: Marxism on Training Wheels?
History shows us that a government empowered to dictate wages and ownership for “equality” will mutate into control over individual choices.
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•
Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the state.
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How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It
Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China’s economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.