Ideas of Adam Gopnik, by Theme
[American, fl. 2019, Writer for the New Yorker.]
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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution
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Most good social changes are incremental, rather than revolutionary
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism
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Conservatives often want peace, prosperity and tolerance, but not social fairness
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Conservatives believe obedience and rank are essential to social order
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics
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The opposite of liberalism is dogmatism
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People are fallible, so liberalism tries to distribute power
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Liberals have tried very hard to build a conscience into their institutions
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / c. Liberal equality
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Left-wingers are inconsistent in their essentialist descriptions of social groups
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / e. Liberal community
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Liberal community is not blood ties or tradition, but shared choices, and sympathy for the losers
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Liberal community includes flight from the family, into energetic reforming groups
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / g. Liberalism critique
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Modern left-wingers criticise liberalism's control of culture
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Right-wingers attack liberal faith in reason, left-wingers attack its faith in reform
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Cosmopolitan liberals lack national loyalty, and welcome excessive immigration
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Liberalism's attempt to be neutral and colour-blind erases cultural identities
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
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Classic Marxists see liberalism as the ideology of the bourgeoisie
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
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Environmental disasters result not from capitalism, but from a general drive for growth
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism
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Popular imperialism gives the poor the belief that their acts have world historical meaning
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Patriots love their place, but nationalists have a paranoid ethnic hostility
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Liberal free speech is actually paid speech
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 4. Free market
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A 'free' society implies a free market, which always produces predatory capitalism and inequalities
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