Bret Devereaux

Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

Yeah, I saw and will certainly apply.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 18:30 UTC

Nothing can protect you from the Sisko.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 22:49 UTC

This seems to me the correct and most useful attitude to take.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 17:51 UTC

Message delivered.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 17:44 UTC

Hold on, lemmie pop on the Other Site and dial up the Paradox folks.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:36 UTC

'Tsar Wars' could also be a really kickass turned-based game about early modern eastern European warfare.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:35 UTC

Then why should I waste my time pre-explaining something I have already explained?

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:29 UTC

These feel like questions that could be answered by reading it.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

Yes.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:47 UTC

This week on the blog! This year's now customary July 4th-week post is on the philosophy of the American founding, liberalism (in the 'liberty' sense of the word) - what it is, where it comes from and its impressive track record.

acoup.blog/2024/07/05/c...

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:26 UTC

But in any case, my point is not that these states were somehow lesser, just that they were different and older, the products of different ideologies and traditions.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:25 UTC

Also, I'm not sure the historic Dutch Republic (1579-1795) would have much ground to stand on critiquing the United States for slavery, given that it also had slavery in its colonies (and indeed, in the Netherlands proper until 1776) and was a major participant in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:24 UTC

Who said they were deficient? The point is simply that they're not a product of liberalism, ideologically, which is true - they're too old. Also, not Switzerland, the Old Swiss Confederacy. That is a meaningful distinction in terms of time and structure.

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Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:47 UTC

This week on the blog! This year's now customary July 4th-week post is on the philosophy of the American founding, liberalism (in the 'liberty' sense of the word) - what it is, where it comes from and its impressive track record.

acoup.blog/2024/07/05/c...

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