In the Tradition of Liberty.
In the Tradition of Liberty.
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David Polansky
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“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, / But to be young was very heaven!” Or so wrote William Wordsworth, recollecting the enthusiasms that accompanied the early days of the French Revolution. Of course, things didn’t quite turn out as planned. But hope springs eternal. And some of the fraternal hopes of the Revolution resurfaced…
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For many years now, the dominant—if not exclusive—view among scholars has been that nations and nationalism are essentially modern phenomena. Despite disagreement on the specific times and places in which nationalism first began to arise, or the intellectual and material sources that gave rise to such movements, a relatively broad consensus remains that it did…
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Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, particularly in light of Elon Musk’s highly visible support for his campaign, has again raised the question of the political significance of X (formerly Twitter). Since Musk acquired the platform in 2022, few institutions have displayed the same “Rorschach” quality. For example, the political activist Michael Shellenberger…