Postliberalism: a dangerous “new” conservatism
Wright's Writing
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- Sep 8, 2023
- 8 min
Postliberals against the common good
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- May 18, 2023
- 9 min
Love of freedom defines the political left, not the right
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![Against liberal "pluralism"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_26c5bfbbefa2421e8c46fecaeb45a27c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_514,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/9b146c_26c5bfbbefa2421e8c46fecaeb45a27c~mv2.webp)
- Jul 10, 2021
- 15 min
Against liberal "pluralism"
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- Jun 26, 2021
- 49 min
On the inhumanity of Illinois's government in the 1930s
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- Apr 5, 2021
- 30 min
The rise of right-wing libertarianism since the 1950s
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- Sep 24, 2020
- 4 min
A despairing rant
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- Sep 8, 2020
- 22 min
From Steve Fraser's "The Age of Acquiescence"
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- Aug 27, 2020
- 21 min
The remarkable perversity of idealism
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- Aug 5, 2020
- 6 min
Thoughts on classical fascism
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- Jun 29, 2020
- 15 min
Laboring Against Racism: The Textile Workers Union of America in the South during the 1960s
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- Jun 26, 2020
- 8 min
Capitalism and colonialism
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- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min
Critical thoughts on "The Alchemist"
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- May 28, 2018
- 5 min
"Social Democracy Is the Best Form of Government"
![Progressivism, or "the Triumph of Conservatism"](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_3415ba1382214782b10c9c2fecfa248f~mv2.webp)
- Mar 31, 2018
- 8 min
Progressivism, or "the Triumph of Conservatism"
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- Mar 21, 2018
- 12 min
Notes on Marxism and empiricism
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- Jul 9, 2016
- 5 min
Elite pretentiousness
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- Jun 15, 2016
- 3 min
"Sunbelt capitalism"
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- May 23, 2016
- 3 min
Far-left, i.e., rational and open-minded
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- Jan 12, 2016
- 6 min
Fragments on bourgeois ideologists