One problem with @jonathanchait's argument is that it sees illiberalism as somehow mutually exclusive with actually existing liberalism
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@HeerJeet and the history of socialism has had its fair share of liberal ones (Fabianism, Bernstein's SPD, Jaures's PS, &c) -
@HeerJeet It's a v mid to late 20thc reading of socialism and liberalism's intellectual histories to insist they're stark binaries - Show replies
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@HeerJeet hilariously, he's all but queuing up another episode of anti-Red repression with the aside about leftists taking powerThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet New Atheists being a salient contemporary example.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet remember that time Emile Combes sent soldiers to kick decrepit Carthusian monks out of their monasteries?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Compare Zizek on 'the basic paradox of liberalism': https://books.google.com/books?id=rEm7W64aimwC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q&f=false …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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