Listen now (23 min) | As N.S. Lyons notes here, liberalism might be part of the problem today. He cites Deneen’s 2018 book Why Liberalism Failed: “the more completely the sphere of autonomy is secured, the more comprehensive the state must become” because “as the authority of social norms dissipates, they are increasingly felt to be residual, arbitrary, and oppressive, motivating calls for the state to actively work toward their eradication.” And so “far from there being an inherent conflict between the individual and the state – as so much of modern political reporting would suggest – liberalism establishes a deep and profound connection:
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