Difference between revisions of "Leaving Libertarianism"
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* Write about the conflicting ideas in your head. Even just listing them all helps stop the "thrashing": the endless cycling through the same ideas. | * Write about the conflicting ideas in your head. Even just listing them all helps stop the "thrashing": the endless cycling through the same ideas. | ||
* Read alternatives to your old ideas, and write down what you do and don't like about them and why. Some suggestions are: | * Read alternatives to your old ideas, and write down what you do and don't like about them and why. Some suggestions are: | ||
| − | ** ''Contemporary Political Philosophy'' by Will Kymlicka: a very readable college textbook. | + | ** ''[[Contemporary Political Philosophy]]'' by Will Kymlicka: a very readable college textbook. |
| − | ** ''Liberalism'' by L. T. Hobhouse: 100 years old, and still relevant. | + | ** ''[[Liberalism]]'' by L. T. Hobhouse: 100 years old, and still relevant. |
** Tom Slee's [[No One Makes You Shop At Wall Mart]]. | ** Tom Slee's [[No One Makes You Shop At Wall Mart]]. | ||
| − | ** Paul Krugman's works. Very readable. | + | ** [[Paul Krugman]]'s works. Very readable. |
| − | ** Ha-Joon Chang's books, such as ''Bad Samaritans'', if you want to learn the dirty secrets of economics. | + | ** [[Ha-Joon Chang]]'s books, such as ''Bad Samaritans'', if you want to learn the dirty secrets of economics. |
| − | ** George Lakoff's books on political language and metaphor. A theory of how you are manipulated politically. | + | ** [[George Lakoff]]'s books on political language and metaphor. A theory of how you are manipulated politically. |
| − | ** Howard Zinn's ''A People's History Of The United States''. | + | ** [[Howard Zinn]]'s ''A People's History Of The United States''. |
| + | ** [[Noam Chomsky]], a favorite hippie-punching target of libertarians and conservatives. | ||
What to avoid: | What to avoid: | ||
