Every 'challenger' to the liberal tradition has worked within the liberal tradition but exaggerated some quality or other. It's kind of like the aliens on Star Trek where each race is defined by an exaggerated human quality.
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This is why I put such an emphasis on philosophy: you have to get right down to basic categories if you want to create something genuinely new and not merely just invent a new flavor of liberalism.
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amen, that is the problem with a lot of reactionary thought as well, there needs to be an emphasis on first principles and the construction of a manifold identity and political ontology that strikes down liberalism at its heart. critique can only get you so far.
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