Monday, 15 August 2016

How political idealism leads us astray

quote [ Do you want to stop Donald Trump from rounding up Mexicans into camps? Try this: Encourage your idealistic, third-party-voting progressive and libertarian friends to drop their fantasies of an ideal, radically revised political and economic order and fight instead to protect what we’ve got. It’s the prudent thing to do, and it’s the principled move.

In a profound and persuasive new book, The Tyranny of the Ideal: Justice in a Diverse Society, the political philosopher Gerald Gaus shows that visions of political perfection are bound to lead us astray. ]

Seems a surprisingly compelling argument to me, but I'd love to hear your opinions
[SFW] [politics] [+3 Interesting]
[by pleaides]
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raphael_the_turtle said @ 12:22pm GMT on 15th August
pleaides, the writer of your article is basically a walking talking shill for the policies and ideology we're looking to a third party to get away from.

raphael_the_turtle said @ 12:38pm GMT on 15th August
pleaides, the writer of your article is basically a walking talking shill for the policies and ideology we're looking to a third party to get away from.

Will Wilkinson is the vice president for policy at the Niskanen Center.

The Niskanen Center is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that advocates for environmentalism, immigration reform, civil liberties, and a national defense policy based on libertarian principles.[1][2][3] The center is named after the late William A. Niskanen, a former economic adviser to president Ronald Reagan. The Niskanen Center states that its "main audience is Washington insiders.
Niskanen Center



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raphael_the_turtle said @ 12:22pm GMT on 15th August [Score:4 Informative]
pleaides, the writer of your article is basically a walking talking shill for the policies and ideology we're looking to a third party to get away from.

Will Wilkinson is the vice president for policy at the Niskanen Center.

The Niskanen Center is a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that advocates for environmentalism, immigration reform, civil liberties, and a national defense policy based on libertarian principles.[1][2][3] The center is named after the late William A. Niskanen, a former economic adviser to president Ronald Reagan. The Niskanen Center states that its "main audience is Washington insiders.
Niskanen Center




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