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Clear, incisive, beautiful writing.

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Apr 20, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

Agree with both commenters. Outstanding work.

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Apr 21, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

Excellent! Am going to share with my students!

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Apr 21, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

Fantastic piece, it was structured wonderfully which made for a good read. I don't really have much else to say because you essentially said it all. I've always thought that to achieve the strongest social cohesion which has the potential is increase equality starts at the individual level. Well rounded independently minded individuals make groups stronger, smarter, and much more effective at achieving goals that can benefit society and provide for more equality.

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Brilliant article, thank you. Shared.

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Apr 20, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

Superbly written. Tour-de-force. Made my day.

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Wonderful writing with sourced, insightful views! This is the birth of great debate - fine minds winning ideological wars with well-reasoned words.

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Apr 20, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

So glad this article came up in my feed. Thoughtful and clear. It will help me as I "debate" those negatively changing my local institutions of K-12 public ed and my "teachers' union." Thank you.

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May 3, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

Thank you for this lucid piece, reminding us of the ideals of the United States. As a vet, I pledged to defend these ideals with my very life if necessary and I would gladly do so today. I think that all classical liberals need to stick together in this fight to defend Establishment values regardless of political party. This is a non-partisan fight for the core values of the country. Every experiment with collectivism that has even been tried on the planet has caused great harm to millions because concentrated power warps the human psyche in a way that is toxic and highly dysfunctional.

It requires maturity, wisdom, and much effort to knit together a fractious plurality of individuals into a cohesive whole whilst retaining individual liberty. But, when it works, it allows people to exercise agency and autonomy in a way that maximizes happiness for all.

Those who dream of top-down collectivism to achieve specific ends are impatient and wish to do an end-run around human failings—to coerce their ideals in a way that suffocates individual liberty. I understand this desire but it will never end well because humans who hold absolute power over a collective always jump the shark—almost without exception. I don't wish to live under tyrants who think it is their prerogative to decide what I may believe or say, what I may do and who I may associate with.

Thank you for this cogent reminder of our core values. Let freedom ring!

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May 4, 2022Liked by Free Black Thought

Hello Wanjiru. Good to see you on here. A clear and concise piece of writing, which should be essential reading for all students. Enjoy reading your tweets too.

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