I would say, however, that in my own DADT III book, equality generally supports stability, as long as people believe everyone plays by the same rules. This book may disagree.
Sunday, February 04, 2018
Equality can make democracy harder ("How Democracies Die"); Then a book mixing affirmative action with the First Amendment
There are a couple more important books coming down the
pike, at least from my own perspective, on democracy and free speech.
One of these is “How Democracies Die” by Steven Livitsky and
Daniel Ziblatt.(Crown). The media have
circulated an interview with the authors that suggest that the bipartisan consensus,
behavioral norms and tolerances necessary to overcome tribal partisanship have
somewhat been predicated on keeping some institutionalized racism.
The authors argue that people are more polarized over race,
religion, and culture than on taxes and spending, because the former confer a
lot more meaning in their lives. The urge toward equality has made some groups
fear expropriation or sacrifice. Elitism
has failed to recognize the practical problems that remain for many people and
how easy scapegoating is.
Here’s a typical interview.
I would say, however, that in my own DADT III book, equality generally supports stability, as long as people believe everyone plays by the same rules. This book may disagree.
I would say, however, that in my own DADT III book, equality generally supports stability, as long as people believe everyone plays by the same rules. This book may disagree.
The Alan Dershowitz offers a criticism of Richard Delgado
and Jean Stefancic is, "Must We Defend Nazis: Why the First Amendment Should Not Protect Hate Speech and White Supremacy". an apparent rework of the 1999 book “Must We Defend Nazis?: Hate Speech, Pornography, and the
New First Amendment” (NYU Press). Dershowitz
criticizes the book for offering a kind of negative affirmative action with
regard to speech, because “there is no correlate, no analog, for hate speech
directed at whites.” The authors claim
that free speech cannot be free without equality between the speakers.
There seems to be another problem, a lack of an ability for
abstraction among readers. When I publish
my own perspective on some issues without more of my own skin in the game, some
people see my even meta-speaking as a form of bullying.
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