Part II - Arguments, Tradeoffs, and Attention Engines

Liberalism’s Retreat, and a Better Liberalism

Liberalism (in the philosophical sense, not the narrow partisan sense) has been the dominant political philosophy of the West since World War II.

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Introduction Introduction Introduction

Part I - The Line We Do Not Cross Chapter 1 The Shot and the Republic Chapter 2 Free Speech Without Fear Chapter 3 The Public Square That Works Chapter 4 Adversaries, Not Enemies

Part II - Arguments, Tradeoffs, and Attention Engines Chapter 5 Guns, Risk, and Truth in Plain Speech Chapter 6 Rhetoric or Flattery? Chapter 7 Indoctrination versus Inquiry Chapter 8 Liberalism’s Retreat, and a Better Liberalism Chapter 9 The Rigged System, Despair, Health, and Class

Part III - From Shock to Settlement - A Charter for Democratic Security Chapter 10 The Non - Violence Compact Chapter 11 Secure the Forum, So Speech Can Live Chapter 12 Virality With Guardrails Chapter 13 Teach Citizenship for an Adult Country Chapter 14 A Playbook for Churches, Campuses, City Halls Epilogue The City and Its Gadflies

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