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Why We Need to Seriously Talk About AI Can We Imagine a Better Social Media? Music Genres Are Not Political! Are the Music Charts Even Accurate?

Why Moderates are Necessary for Free Speech Why Free Speech Must be at the Heart of the Political Restoration Why Both the Far-Left and the New Right are Very Similar In Praise of the Politics of Rejection My Disagreements with the Activist Left are about De-polarization and Free Speech The Non-Left, Non-Right Free Thinkers' Manifesto Why Moderates Don't Have Enough Faith in Ourselves  

Keep believing. We will get there one day. Also please read this: How MAGA was Dragged Into Supporting Regime Change Wars  

Why Moderates Should Stop Hiding Behind Procedure The Progressive Conservative Manifesto Why We Need to Bring Back Love and Compassion Why We Need to Call Out Free Speech Hypocrites Why Commitment to the Objective Truth is Important Why We Need to Shut Down Political Aggression Why Left-Wing Activism Still Needs to be Challenged My Case Against the Theory Left: A Restatement How to Reverse the Anti-Woke to Reactionary Pipeline                  

We Need to Talk About the Red Pill Fallacy Why the Left and the Right both Ultimately Lead to Chaos The Fault in the Right: Why Worthy Ideals Lead to Bad Politics Why the Critical Theory-based Model of Change is Counterproductive We Need to Develop the Philosophy to Support a Centrist Politics We Actually Have Four Major Ideologies in Competition, Rather than Two The Populist Right Destroyed Everything I Cherish The Democrats Didn’t Take ‘Freedom’ Away from the Republicans The Reactionary Rabbit Hole of Competitive Outrage How Influencers Create False Consensus to Justify Authoritarianism

Battle for the Soul of Libertarianism: Why we can’t cede the libertarian movement to authoritarian pretenders How the Dobbs Ruling Convinced Me to be ‘Libertarian’ Again This is How to Save Libertarianism from the Populist Right Why Allowing More Freedom is Generally the Morally Better Choice Social Libertarianism is the Only Antidote to Trumpism, Populism and Christian Nationalism What a Centrist Libertarian Program Looks Like in Practice Freedom Does Not Exist in a Vacuum: Towards a Broader Moral Libertarian Project            

Towards a Politics of Meaning and Hope We need to start by acknowledging the limitations and opportunities of life What a Truly Positive Politics Looks Like The cultural hegemony of negative politics must be challenged and smashed The Role of Compassion in a Politics of Meaning and Hope It is the starting point of the comeback of positivity politics I Really Hate Dishonesty. Do You? You should, because dishonesty ruins the marketplace of ideas and makes rationality impossible From Anti-Woke to Woke Critical Why it’s time we break decisively from the negative recent past Reimagining What Progressive Means: Five Core Ideas Only a relentlessly positive vision can save us

Reconciling Libertarianism and Reformism Libertarianism needs practicality and credibility, which is what reformism is good at The Road to Reclaiming Libertarianism and Stopping Populism We need to be practical, and emphasize moral values too What is Liberalism and Conservatism? Contrary to popular belief, they are not opposites at all. A Commitment to Reformism Would Have Saved the Intellectual Dark Web Why Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, Bret Weinstein etc. ultimately failed us There is No Justice Without Free Speech If you are for practical justice, you need to take a stand against theoretical justice Why Classical Liberals Should Never Give Up on Progressive Politics The right is clearly not a good ‘home’ for us at all

The Classical Liberal Case for a Normie Politics A Normie View on Wokeness and Left-wing Politics A Normie View on Conservative and Right-Wing Politics The Theory Left is Still a Big Problem for Practical Progress If we want a more rational politics, we really need to face this problem Developing an Even More Accurate Definition of Woke It is actually very simple when you realize it

A Misunderstood Anti-Woke Liberal Rant How many times do I need to say that I am not with the reactionaries? Reframing the Woke vs Non-Woke Debate It should be between two competing visions of progress Now is the Time for the Left to Recognize that Reformism is The Only Way If they still can’t see the truth after so much failure, then I don’t know what to say As an Anti-Woke Liberal, This Worries Me A Lot Emotionally charged reactionary sentiment is fueling the rise of Pre-Fascism We Need to be Reasonable About Tradition Tearing everything down is simply misguided On Deprogramming the Critical Anarchist Mindset We really need to chart a course separate from the culture warriors

Why Freedom Needs Practical Progressives and Moderate Conservatives This combination allows practical reform without ideological obsession The Model of Sustainable Progress Perhaps We Should Think of Politics like Economics? Political Moderates Must Stop Being Fearful Sitting Ducks The center will not hold unless we come out fighting for it The Compassionate Case Against Postmodern Radicalism Someone has to hold the postmodern radicals accountable for harming disadvantaged minorities It’s Time for Sustainable Progressives to Speak Up We need to push back against the radicals before it’s too late Moderate Reformists Need to Reclaim Conservatism It is the antidote to far-left vs far-right polarization Rebuilding the Sensible Center Getting Old School Liberals On Board is the Key

Why Compassion is Important in the Defense of Objectivity Those who trample on others’ feelings risk falling into a subjective rabbit hole Why Compassion is Important in the Defense of Free Speech Some often overlooked but important arguments The Trans Discourse is Missing Compassion Too many people want their views to prevail at the expense of real lives How Compassion can Help End the Division Over Trans Issues Both sides need to stop fighting and start again from a place of compassion Why Tribalism is Freedom’s Worst Enemy It leads to an endless spiral towards irrational authoritarianism Why Freedom Needs Practical Progressives and Moderate Conservatives This combination allows practical reform without ideological obsession Building the Non-Woke Progressive Tradition There needs to be an alternative to the woke vs anti-woke extremism

Cancel Culture and Free Speech: Applying the RIDE Method A systematic assessment of competing claims   Reactionary Culture Warriors Are Not Friends of Free Speech Nor should they be called conservative at all   Why Compassion is Important in the Defense of Free Speech Some often overlooked but important arguments   Moral Libertarianism is the Solution to End the Culture Wars We need an extension of classical liberal principles to stop the new religious wars   Culture War Kills Independent Thinking And without independent thinking, we will never get to the truth

We Need Free Speech, but we Also Need Good Speech Filling in the Void of the Free Speech Movement Introducing the RIDE Method We need to systematically analyze every issue without bias One Thing to Remember About the Trans Discourse A lot of it is fake, or at least in bad faith Rebuilding a Reformist Liberal Agenda Finding common ground in passion for justice, while rejecting critical anarchism The Neo Strategy: A Centrist Strategy for Libertarianism It really is the opposite of the paleo strategy        

  Who is Responsible for the Culture Wars? Both sides are guilty, and we need to push back equally How the Culture Wars are Poisoning the Trans Conversation They hamper free speech and productive discussion. And both sides are responsible. Is the Trans Backlash Really Inevitable? I don’t think so. And we can still fix it. Why the Right Wing Culture Warriors are Not Conservative Culture wars are for conformist zombies, not thinking people.        

Free Speech: The Liberal Way From abortion to CRT, state power is making discourse toxic. We need to stop politicizing everything. Woke vs Anti-Woke: The Liberal Way How classical liberalism can provide a new way forward Non-Aggression and Good Order: The Liberal Way Why both sides of the woke wars fall short  

  The Classical Liberal Side of the Anti-Woke Divorce Story The Problem with the Anti-Woke Movement Right Now Anti-woke isn’t right wing, but right wing elements are hiding behind it What Went Wrong with the Anti-Woke Movement Let’s go back to the basics and look at the philosophical roots again What Went Wrong with the Anti-Woke Movement (Part 2): The Fusionism Factor We can't make things right without dealing with the aftermath of fusionism The Fundamental Difference Between Classical Liberals and the Authoritarian Right The challenge of wokeism highlights a 300 year old fault line We Need to Talk About What Conservatism Is And why it should be neither reactionary nor fascistic How Classical Liberals Can Overcome the Anti-Woke Establishment There needs to be a path out of the shadow of the authoritarians  

  Towards a Sensible and Compassionate Approach to Gender and Trans Issues Building the Trans Compromise that Will Get Off the Ground The agreement of at least some trans people is crucial The Scientific Case for Trans Acceptance is Simple and Necessary And it’s time we fight to put it back on the table The Trans Discourse and Gender Differences The denial of brain sex differences leads to the denial of gender dysphoria. Why Gender Dysphoria, Rather Than Gender Identity, Explains Transition And why it matters. Why Trans People Aren’t Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes  

The Key to Liberalism is Diversity of Thought The marketplace of ideas is the key to a successful reformist politics   By Rejecting Wokeism, Let’s Be Clear About What We Actually Reject Putting the Classical Liberal vs Postmodern Conflict in a Historical Context   Taking a Stance Against Woke vs Anti-Woke Accelerationism The fundamentals of the Western Enlightenment is at stake here.   Betraying the 2010s Free Speech Movement We Really Need to Talk About the Culture War Right   We Need to Call Out the Biased Coverage of Trans Issues The credibility of free speech liberalism depends on it   Defending Liberalism from Misguided Criticism Why liberalism is not responsible for woke excesses in any way

Why Trans People Aren’t Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes We need to dissect and debunk this myth, once and for all.   Trans People Need to Think of Ourselves as Normal Members of Society Fight against those who want to harm us, but don’t overreact all the time   How to Argue Against the New Anti-Trans Movement We Need to Identify the Source of the Problem and Respond Effectively   How to Make the Trans Community Respected Again We need to turn things around quickly.