Editor of Intellectual History @libertarianism in the @CatoInstitute. Host of @PortraitsPod a podcast about libertarian history. Irish living in DC
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The best way to describe Heinlein's the Moon is A Harsh Mistress is to imagine if the Founding Fathers were on the moon and had a supercharged version of Chat GPT to fight the British.
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The Declaration of Arbroath is a really good example of how the medieval world rarely fits the caricature of the tyrannical monarch. Most monarchs had limited central power and could be easily removed.
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“If one minute’s freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it.” -Elizabeth Freeman
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Since you blocked me on @PortraitsPod, I will ask you again to reconsider.
Here is Las Casas, a 16th-century thinker who, like many others, condemned slavery before the Mayflower set sail.
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Is this really the best you can do, dude? You are paid for a living to do this, and your takes are still blisteringly cringeworthy.
Also, Taiwan is a country.
It is the most stupid article I’ve read. People in Taiwan would laugh at it. The author admits he has never been to Taiwan. That is big joke. It’s like saying US has 50 civilizations. Of course given China’s 5,000 yr history, it must have 5,000 civilizations. Joke gets bigger
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Any good people to follow that chat about philosophy outside of the western tradition?
I need recommendations.
Wollstonecraft is a true queen.
I wrote this piece summarizing her philosophy a few years ago but I think it holds up well. Her work isn't always the easiest of reads.
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Wollstonecraft’s literary career was to envision and propose a political order in which women were treated as rational, autonomous beings capable of independence and virtue.
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Of all the Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine is probably the most underrated.
His short pamphlet Agrarian Justice is one of the first-ever arguments for universal basic income.
Unlike a lot of historical figures, Paine's views here aged like wine.
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Bro, American football and baseball are good. You just have to read a novels worth of rules and learn the deep lore, then you are ready to watch a four-hour-long game that mainly exists for ads.
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Better alternative: Watch Hurling, an excellent sport that is fast-paced, simple, and played by amateurs.
No money, no drama. Just people playing a brilliant game.
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I need your help!
Libertarians, anarchists, classical liberals, minarchists, and whatever else you may call yourself.
What books have you always wanted to read but haven't because they are too long or complicated?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I am not an Ayn Rand fanboy, but I have to admit she would probably have the funniest Twitter account.
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About to start playing Fallout New Vegas again for the first time in years. Honestly, one of the best games I have ever played.
Also, NCR is the best option. Fight me.
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Guinness and Beamish count as meals, how could this remind you of tap water?
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Just hit 400 followers, sweet.
But I don't really post much on this account. Go follow @PortraitsPod, where I share my writing and podcast stuff about intellectual history.
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One of my personal heroes and probably one of the coolest people I have ever written about.
History has no shortage of tyrants, but most of them have escaped punishment.
John Cooke was the first person to prosecute a head of state for crimes against humanity. He ought to be a hero amongst libertarians.
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