Authoritarianism
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Teachers’ Unions Think They Own Your Kids
Chicago Teachers’ Union president Stacy Davis Gates says the quiet part out loud. But if they were her kids, she’d be arrested for educational neglect.
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1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
Orwell’s masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.
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Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
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What’s Driving Bipartisan Cancel Culture (And How Do We Get Out)?
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
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When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx
Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better world for the poor — even if millions had to die.
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‘So This Is How Liberty Dies’: Star Wars and the Politics of Fear
Fear and conflict are common excuses for suppressing opposition and justifying the centralization of power.
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Science and Liberty: Social Physics from Comte to Samuelson
Gaining success in unlocking the secrets of science, many have sought to engineer human ethics to produce a preferred outcome. The actual outcome of such human manipulation is, inevitably, disaster.
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Be Not Enticed to Tyranny: Oppose the Surveillance State
Targeted by smart doorbells or license plate readers, but tempted just to shrug off losses of privacy? The cumulative price of surveillance is higher than we can imagine.
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Congress Must Take Back Control Over Tariffs
Allowing the president to wield emergency powers for economic purposes undermines the separation of powers that the Constitution was designed to protect.
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The Root of Totalitarianism is Social Engineering
Planners who want to ‘perfect’ society often resort to coercion to impose their preferred outcomes. The result has been unthinkable government violence and cruelty.
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Teachers’ Unions Think They Own Your Kids
Chicago Teachers’ Union president Stacy Davis Gates says the quiet part out loud. But if they were her kids, she’d be arrested for educational neglect.
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1984’s New Introduction Is a Missed Opportunity
Orwell’s masterpiece could help us grapple with our recent lurch towards authoritarianism. But only if we want it to.
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•
Xi Jinping Braces For Struggle
China’s strongman leader is purging his advisors again, looking politically insecure amid demographic and economic decline.
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What’s Driving Bipartisan Cancel Culture (And How Do We Get Out)?
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
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•
When Pol Pot Read a Book on Marx
Pol Pot was a well-meaning monster, an idealistic revolutionary who studied in Paris and believed he could purify Cambodia. He wanted to build a better world for the poor — even if millions had to die.
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•
‘So This Is How Liberty Dies’: Star Wars and the Politics of Fear
Fear and conflict are common excuses for suppressing opposition and justifying the centralization of power.
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•
Science and Liberty: Social Physics from Comte to Samuelson
Gaining success in unlocking the secrets of science, many have sought to engineer human ethics to produce a preferred outcome. The actual outcome of such human manipulation is, inevitably, disaster.
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•
Be Not Enticed to Tyranny: Oppose the Surveillance State
Targeted by smart doorbells or license plate readers, but tempted just to shrug off losses of privacy? The cumulative price of surveillance is higher than we can imagine.
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•
Congress Must Take Back Control Over Tariffs
Allowing the president to wield emergency powers for economic purposes undermines the separation of powers that the Constitution was designed to protect.
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•
The Root of Totalitarianism is Social Engineering
Planners who want to ‘perfect’ society often resort to coercion to impose their preferred outcomes. The result has been unthinkable government violence and cruelty.