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Two (perhaps somewhat unusual) ethical instincts I bring to thinking about history & policy are (1) a belief in the value of institutions; (2) a disdain for individual incumbents. These two are sometimes in tension, but even then, it’s always a productive tension. #NameYourPriors
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The problem with #BTFSTTG is not that the starting point — it is indubitable that the system is structurally and irredeemably corrupt — it’s what happens next, after the fire burns itself out and you find yourself standing amid the smoldering ruins, looking for something to eat…
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Yeah I’m not really anywhere close to a serious anarchist. It’s just a fun weekend fantasy speculation zone :) Good mind stretch to think some of the more peaceful ancap ideas through as thought experiments
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Sure, anti-liberals are much more fun to think and play with. But putting them in charge of anything is a fatal error, often literally. Sontag’s point about lovers-v-husbands is spot on.
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I was thinking more of the LeGuin end of anarchism as in Annares in The Dispossessed which I just reread. A kind of leftist peaceful anarchy. The Hobbesian-conditions-are-good Mad Max end of anarchism is deeply boring at some level. It lacks social imagination.