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Learned from @jonathanhealey.bsky.social’s history of the English Civil War that the idea of inalienable rights arose not from John Locke but irascible political street-fighter John Lilburne. A good reminder of how these rights should be used: loudly and with great annoyance to those in power.

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Spending time w/Thucydides this week. The conflict between Athens and Sparta finally broke out over a trade war; Athens' allies in the Delian League, formed after the Persian invasion, turned against the city due to its arrogance; and democracy was in conflict w/empire. Now to see how it all ended.

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@geoffgrundy.bsky.social we may need to revisit Arendt. Here is John Ganz on her analysis of imperialism and its relevance for tech authoritarian-libertarians today:

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