Tag: progressive movement
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Neo-Gnostic Myth in American Politics
Reading Time: 5 minutesI may have found the book behind the 2016 attack on progressivism. It’s Guido Giacomo Preparata’s The Ideology of Tyranny: The Use of Neo-Gnostic Myth in American Politics. 1 It explains the outrageous backlash that brought us Donald Trump as well as the behavior of the Democrats. But there are a few…
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The Return of Liberalism?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Meritocracy Versus Just America I recently watched George Packer talk about his new book, Last Best Hope. I agree with most of what I heard in this interview (although there are hints that he is not an ally of progressives). Parker is calling for the return of liberalism. On the positive…