Will persuasion work?

Yascha Mounk writes,

Across much of the democratic world, philosophical liberals lack both the ideological self-confidence and the institutional base to stand up for their convictions. This is an existential crisis for the values of a free society. For only if philosophical liberalism can prove that it embodies a truly universal set of principles—one that can win adherents from Hyderabad to Hamburg, from Nairobi to New York—can it hope to retain and expand its influence in the 21st century.

His effort is a substack publication/community. I wish him well. I would like to believe that the number of Americans who are sympathetic to what Mounk calls philosophical liberalism is greater than the number who have adopted the religion that thrives on persecuting heretics.

Incidentally, with a separate post, Mounk scored the first point of the Fantasy Intellectual Teams May season.

7 thoughts on “Will persuasion work?

  1. The Heretic Liz Cheney is in the process of being cancelled by the fanatical devotees of cult leader Donald Trump!

    Not sure this stuff is limited to one team.

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