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  • Why Pop Culture (and ‘Say Yes to the Dress’) are Going Wild for Polyamory

    Why Pop Culture (and ‘Say Yes to the Dress’) are Going Wild for Polyamory0

    Hey everyone, a relic of barbarism is making a comeback! If the reference is lost on you, I am referring to an expression from the mid-1800s, when the Republican Party was established to replace the Whigs on the platform of eradicating what party leaders like Abraham Lincoln coined “the twin relics of barbarism.” The first

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  • Why Poor People in the Freest Nations Have Incomes 8x Higher Than Poor People in the Least Free

    Why Poor People in the Freest Nations Have Incomes 8x Higher Than Poor People in the Least Free0

    Everyone interested in classical liberalism is familiar with the left-wing narrative that free markets undermine democracy and make the poor poorer. Those who perpetuate these fallacies often describe free market advocates as defenders of the greedy rich while painting socialists as heroes for the common good who bravely dare to challenge the interests of big

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  • Why Politics Divides People

    Why Politics Divides People0

    Why is politics so negative compared to marketing — its analog in the private sector — even though virtually every candidate echoes the desire to “just get along”? The explanation revolves around two important ways political competition differs from market competition: higher payoffs to negative attacks, and rationally ignorant “customers.” Selling your product in the private

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  • Why Politicians Win (and Workers Lose) Under Socialism

    Why Politicians Win (and Workers Lose) Under Socialism2

    Socialism leads to the politicization of society. Hardly anything can be worse for the production of wealth. Socialism, at least its Marxist version, says its goal is complete equality. The Marxists observe that once you allow private property in the means of production, you allow differences. If I own resource A, then you do not

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  • Why Political Debate Today is Incoherent

    Why Political Debate Today is Incoherent0

    Among political philosophers, the most common critique of “liberalism” (not to be confused with modern “liberalism”) is not its concern for liberty, fairness, tolerance, and related values, but its public promotion of such values without recourse to any underlying, philosophical view of reality. We’re supposed to simply see the kind of open, secular, republican polity

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  • Why Plato Readers Aren’t Surprised by the Collapse of Thought on Campuses

    Why Plato Readers Aren’t Surprised by the Collapse of Thought on Campuses0

    Over the weekend, the New York Times ran an article on the continuing fiasco at Evergreen College. For those unfamiliar with the situation, the unrest on that campus began when students of color suggested that their white counterparts leave for a day. Liberal-leaning, Bernie Sanders-supporting professor Bret Weinstein politely declined, and chaos ensued. As the

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