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“I understand you want the answer to be easy, but that’s not the same thing as it being easy.” - Ken White
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I remember when the Volokh Conspiracy was thought to be a more-or-less libertarian collective of legal bloggers.
Those were good times, man.
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No true Scotsman… 🙄
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Its important to understand the distinction between the “Catturd Army” and the “littermates.” There is a clear hierarchy amongst the litterati that must be respected.
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Humans have a strong emotional motivation to rationalize that their past decisions were good ones.
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What can surfers do to appear less delicious?
Is there any legitimacy to this idea of wearing magnets? 🧲 🦈
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www.mnftiu.cc/2001/10/09/w...
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They think they are being abused to the point of violent revolution because, like, the ACA enabled some middle class person to access healthcare.
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… but I do not think it is honest to look at American independence and fail to see the positive influence that moment had on progress toward human freedom in the world.
I wrote in more detail about this here: medium.com/@_decius_/an...
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These written rights influenced people later on, resulting in greater democratic enfranchisement and egalitarianism over time in many places around the world.
Everything didn’t happen all at once and lots of things still need to happen….
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The most important thing about the break of American colonies from England was the opportunity to write down bills of rights. Many of the documented rights were old common law principles, but some were contemporary ideas like the security against unreasonable search and seizure.
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There, a group of Jews were able to settle after years of statelessness due to the inquisition. Later, the separation of church and state became part of our Constitution.
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Take, for example, Roger Williams, who saw the cruelty you’re referring to, and thought about it, and was exiled from Massachusetts for arguing that people should never be compelled to practice a religion. With the help of a native tribe he went west and founded Rhode Island.
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Thank you for your reporting!