Auron MacIntyre Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The idea that democracy is too sacred to be left to the voters and requires a large organ of propaganda to guide the process is not new It was espoused by the highly respected liberal journalist and commentator Walter Lippmann in his 1922 book Public Opinion https://t.co/tojKU2KPCd

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The idea that democracy is too sacred to be left to the voters and requires a large organ of propaganda to guide the process is not new It was espoused by the highly respected liberal journalist and commentator Walter Lippmann in his 1922 book Public Opinion https://t.co/tojKU2KPCd

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“The Ancient City” is a great book in many ways but the most fascinating aspect is that it serves as a case study for the metaphysics of power laid out in Bertrand de Jouvenel’s “On Power”

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Peter Hitchens spending the fist few days of the new year denouncing any young British person who wants to save their country is the perfect swan song boomer

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@dg115511 @OGRolandRat They don't have the capacity to continue the material progress narrative, the efficiency yield from further centralization is proving insufficient Alasdair MacIntyre is surprisingly good on this, predicted it in After Virtue

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@Sargon_of_Akkad Christopher Lash talks about the death of noblesse oblige due to this notion This is also why Charles Murray, while being a moderate libertarian in every other way, is radioactive to them, even with books like Coming Apart