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Paulina Ochoa Espejo

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Political Theorist. William Penn Foundation Professor. Haverford College. Mexicana de acá de este lado, como dice el corrido.


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You’re right… mostly Americans and few Brits. (Sorry I can’t echo here… cricket is indeed a foreign planet)

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I saw there was some discussion about “unfreedom”, because of this.

Actually, unfreedom for some (those who experience injustice) makes everyone unfree.
Check out this book (OUP doesn’t allow the link card…)

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Sigámos dándole poder al ejército nomás… (Y te lo digo Juan, para que me entiendas Pedro/México)

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I have a soft spot for Hirschmann— perhaps because I also moved from developmental economics in Latin America to intellectual history, to political philosophy.

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Can anyone think of a good reason why I should keep my undergraduate transcripts? Can I just throw all this paper away?

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Correct me if I’m wrong (I don’t know enough about French politics)— but when in power, such narcissism translates into authoritarianism two meters down the road. I just re-posted a skeet about FI from a French-Mexican mutual comparing our lefts.

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Totalmente de acuerdo con eso. Agregaría que el desinterés por procesos ajenos, notorio en mi país, sólo fomenta la ignorancia y la incomprensión de procesos propios. Las semejanzas entre el autoritarismo de la izquierda LFI francesa y Morena en México (se conocen y han tejido redes), preocupan.

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Once more, I realize that people like me (who grew up under authoritarian regimes) have a huge advantage understanding what’s going on in the world. Many of us have tried to warn others in Europe and the US… pero nadie escarmienta en cabeza ajena.

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Climate denier inadvertently articulates what is known about climate change: It is going to make the world a more dangerous place.

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I remember the time when I was proud of how Mexico treated migrants…

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