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Contra Hanania On Partisanship
Scott Alexander challenges Richard Hanania's explanation for liberal dominance in institutions, attributing it instead to shifting coalition systems described by Thomas Piketty.
21 min read 3,171 words
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Sacred Principles As Exhaustible Resources
Scott Alexander argues that overusing free speech to defend controversial figures may lead to a backlash against the principle itself, potentially depleting it as a societal resource.
7 min read 1,046 words
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Post-Partisanship Is Hyper-Partisanship
Scott Alexander discusses how political groups can shift from outgroups to 'fargroups', leading to less hostility and more exoticization, and predicts this pattern may increase political in-fighting while reducing inter-party conflict.
18 min read 2,639 words