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Political Philosophy Podcast
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Interviews & commentary on political philosophy. Ethics, liberalism, socialism, republicanism, religion, & history of political thought.
May 29, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
I think part of the dynamic that's bothering @lastpositivist here - rehabilitation for prisoners, retaliation for minor deviations within the movement - is how heavily the left has moralised its in-group/ out-group divides & the rhetorical markers it's set up around them. The modern socialist left - as I tried to analyse here - has a view of the dominant political/ social order as not just bad, or inefficient, but monsterious, its a much heavier, more visceral condemnation than, say, liberals have.

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Sep 1, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Really appreciate this comment - I spent a *lot* of time working on this image. There's several layers of symbolism to it (of which the above is one), it also references a number of passages from the book.
Sep 1, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Excited to announce my 1st book - an edited volume on freedom featuring:

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Aug 31, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Yes, but that's no longer a viable strategy -

In the 80's 30-40% of house districts 'split', supporting presidential & congressional candidates of different parties meaning you could carve out your own separate identity.

Today that figure is 3%, you live or die with your party. Image The picture senate representation is even starker - we've gone from **half of all states** splitting their support to zero. Image
Jun 22, 2021 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
I've played this 100s of times as part of a training I used to run for activists/ canvassers.

If you've not seen it, take 5 minutes. It's super cute, but it's also an absolute masterclass on communication skills. (short thread)

The context, for those who aren't familiar, is something like this:

Senate: We need to make some budget cuts, let's start with this "PBS"

Young Mr Rogers: I'd like to talk to you about a children's song I wrote.

Senate: Please accept 20 million dollars
May 9, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I think this is right, a few more points I'd make as to what politicians could learn from Blair:

1. Master the skill of redirecting any question back to your key talking points without appearing evasive or waffly. This seems hard, but I don't think it has to be - looking at Blair interviews he kinda had a structure:

Directly take on the question in 1-2 sentences.

Locate it in a broader context

Get to your talking points.

Use humor to ease tension/ bridge gaps in your argument.
Jan 3, 2021 • 41 tweets • 4 min read
Gonna listen to the full audio

Pray for me It just starts with this massive monologue from Trump, he just goes straight in with all these infowars style conspiracies

Regretting this already
Jan 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
You need to actually listen to the call - not just read transcripts - if you haven't already.

Listen to his tone - he's doing everything he can to to intimidate, to make them fear the consequences of saying no.

Trump can seem like a joke sometimes (he's not after all the most dignified person) but he is the president, he's shown, time and again, he can inspire violence.
Jul 24, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
With Borris Johnson's we see, yet again, centrists aghast as the conservatism they thought they knew is "taken over" by a perverse fantasy.

But, once again, this isn't a take over of the ideology's core components, but a direct expression of them.

(Short thread) 1/ The attitude of many supposedly sensible and worldly commentators seems to be that conservatism is about restraint, confornting hard choices head on, and is - although we might not always agree with them - generally represented by "serious" adults.

2/