Yascha Mounk

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The Power Theory of Free Speech
Why widespread hypocrisy about free speech makes the First Amendment all the more important.
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Lawfare Makes Us All Less Free
Comey's indictment sets a very dangerous precedent.
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The Dems Are Lying to Themselves About Why They Lost
And that will make it much harder for them to turn the ship around.
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The World We Have Lost
Stanley Hoffmann died ten years ago. His model for what it means to be a publicly engaged intellectual is quickly dying out in the age of social media.
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Beware the Merchants of Rage
Resist the bad actors, on the left and the right, using this week’s tragedy to make new excuses for political violence.
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The Assassin's Veto
What the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk tells us about the dangers facing the American Republic.
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Unbundle the University
A modest proposal.
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The Cracks in China’s Rise
The same strengths that have powered China’s remarkable rise also explain its greatest weaknesses.
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How We Got the Internet All Wrong
It was supposed to connect us to people near and far. Instead, it turned us into tribalist, neurotic homebodies.
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54
The Case for China’s Strength
Any attempt to understand China, and the challenge it poses to Western values, must start with an honest enumeration of its strengths.
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The Peculiar Persistence of the AI Denialists
The history of the world will be split into a pre-AI and a post-AI era. Too many people are still in denial.
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The Singer Who Skewered America
So long, Tom Lehrer.
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