@mattyglesias Not exactly what he said. He saw Cromwell -- like Pinochet -- as a transitional dictator who lay the ground for liberalism.
@CoreyRobin @mattyglesias Or to put it another way, Milton and Cromwell were the Hayek and Pinochet of the 17th century.
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@HeerJeet@mattyglesias Aeropagitica, on context, is not a Pinochet statement. Or even a Hayekian one. -
@CoreyRobin@mattyglesias I agree that Milton's articulation of ideal of liberty was vastly superior to policies of Cromwell's govt.
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