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14 October

Ilya SominKorrents 14 Oct

From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Fusionists are unlikely to regain control over the conservative movement in the near future.

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But we should recognize that fusionists are unlikely to regain control over the conservative movement anytime soon, and that fusionism has notable inherent limitations.

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An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term.

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Finally, at least in the short to medium term future, an alliance with "abundance liberals" is probably a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism.

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Fusionism is preferable to nationalism and postliberalism.

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I agree with Slade, Jonathan Adler, and others that fusionism is far preferable to nationalism and postliberalism.

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4 October

Ilya SominKorrents 4 Oct

From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Real-world voters are often systematically ignorant, perform poorly when evaluating information, and sometimes hold deeply illiberal values.

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But, as outlined in my own recent contribution to Liberalism.Org (which Zwolinski generously references in his article), real-world voters are are often systematically ignorant, do a poor job of evaluating the information they do know, and sometimes have deeply illiberal values.

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Democracy is an instrumental tool that can help achieve fundamental values if properly constrained, but it is not inherently valuable in itself.

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Rather, democracy is an institutional tool that can - if properly constrained - help achieve genuinely fundamental values. In that respect, it is similar to such institutions as federalism, separation of powers, and judicial review. All of these can have great instrumental value. But none are valuable in and of themselves.

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Libertarians should generally prefer democracy to other forms of government, but it should not be a first-order priority.

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Libertarians should generally prefer democracy to other forms of government. But democracy should not be a first-order libertarian priority.

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29 September

Ilya SominKorrents 29 Sept

From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Socialism requires immense coercion and concentration of power to function.

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A key factor is that socialism requires immense coercion and concentration of power in order to function.

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The ubiquity of ethnic persecution under socialist regimes suggests a systematic pattern.

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The ubiquity of ethnic persecution - often rising to the level of deportation and mass murder - under socialist regimes, suggests a systematic pattern.

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The Nazis were similar to socialists in backing sweeping government control over the economy, yet different from them in rejecting racial and ethnic equality.

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The right answer is that the Nazis were similar to socialists in backing sweeping government control over the economy, yet different from them in rejecting racial and ethnic equality.

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21 September

Ilya SominKorrents 21 Sept

From one piece The Volokh Conspiracy 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Expanding exit rights and choice particularly benefits the poor and disadvantaged, including minorities.

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As noted in my book, studies indicate that expanding exit rights and choice particularly benefits the poor and disadvantaged - including minorities.

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Peer-reviewed studies suggest school vouchers improve the quality of public schools left behind by those who exit.

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Peer-reviewed studies of the effects of vouchers find that they actually improve the quality of public schools "left behind" by those who exit.

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Expanding exit and choice opportunities is the best way to help students from less advantaged families.

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Although she does not seem to recognize it, the best way to help students from less advantaged families than her own is to expand exit and choice opportunities for them.

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