Search Results for: barbarism
Essay backup: Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein, annotated
Essay backup: the trouble with conservatives these days
The piety display
M. “Lorenzo” Warby writes, If a cognitive identity is based on adherence to a set of opinions (that is, publicly expressed or endorsed beliefs) that are felt to generate prestige, to justify a collective and internalized sense of approval and … Continue reading
On hiatus
Until February 19. I am away from my computer, and I keep messing up HTML. Also, there is nothing to write about. Covington? Northam? If we have the luxury of turning these stories into headlines, then we are either doing … Continue reading
TLP watch
1. Art Carden writes, how do we understand the political rhetoric and division regarding the migrant caravan? I think Kling’s framework provides a very useful way to understand. Indeed. The applications of oppressor/oppressed, civilization/barbarism, and liberty/coercion are obvious. Another application … Continue reading
TLP watch: the “caravan”
On Twitter, Russ Roberts writes, The caravan is a perfect example of @KlingBlog’s great insight into politics and ideology, the three languages of politics He refers to the caravan of migrants trying to cross from Central America to the United … Continue reading
Haidt and Lukianoff talk their book
You can watch yesterday’s AEI event. 1. Apparently the book is selling well. That is probably a good sign. 2. Is Haidt now a full-blown conservative? It sort of seems that way. Near the end, I thought I heard him … Continue reading
Polling illustrates three-axes model
Matt Grossman writes, Liberals perceive more racism and sexism than racial minorities and women say they experience. Experiments show that liberals perceive tests where men or whites perform better as less credible than equivalent tests showing women or minorities doing … Continue reading
Trump and TLP
Handle points out that the emergence of Donald Trump has scrambled the model of the Three Languages of Politics. For example, Even since Trump started his campaign, it seems to me that the progressives have been using “civilization vs. barbarism” … Continue reading