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Reuven Spero's avatar

Your last paragraph confirms my worst suspicions about your point of view. You warn of the dangers both of the authoritarian left and the anti-democratic right. Admit it David, you are a moderate. You express strong opinions, but your heart is in the rational, moral center of political philosophy. Well educated, skilled in writing, a touch of humor and both feet firmly planted in desire for the human good - a soft target you are for the sharpened arrows of narrow-minded ideologues of left and right. That's it: moderates should be seen as those who can moderate dialogue between extremes, using the weak tools of rational and open discussion of conflicting ideas. Well, Quixotic though it may be and doomed to crash in flames, I am glad to have found this substack and feel privileged to support it.

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Stuart's avatar

Sobering and excellent.

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