After centuries of total dominance of academic spaces and government spaces, liberalism isn't aware that it lost touch with the public.

In an era of anti-reason running amok, the pollyanish proceduralism of John Rawls must be put down. It cannot make the case to people who don't believe in reason.

Liberalism must argue for itself rather than be a referee: https://newrepublic.com/article/199273/john-rawls-liberals-philosopher-bus-neutrality

#philosophy #liberalism

After centuries of total dominance of academic spaces and government spaces, liberalism isn't aware that it lost touch with the public.

In an era of anti-reason running amok, the pollyanish proceduralism of John Rawls must be put down. It cannot make the case to people who don't believe in reason.

Liberalism must argue for itself rather than be a referee: https://newrepublic.com/article/199273/john-rawls-liberals-philosopher-bus-neutrality

#philosophy #liberalism

It’s very revealing how casually liberals spit out populist as an insult. The derogatory use of the word unmasks their real conviction that majority rule is only admirable when the majority thinks like them. Strip away the varnish and their ideal is not democracy at all, but a stewardship by the enlightened elites who keep the unwashed masses at bay.

#liberalism #socialism

A deep dive into the crisis of liberalism.

https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/when-beliefs-die

#politics #liberalism

#neoliberalism #liberalism