The food-for-thought menu includes The American Way, Hypocritical Elites, The Political v Cultural Libertarians, Musk as homo speculans, Censorship, and Liberal is not equal to left-of-center.
Re: your choice for Liberty/ Oppression. As a European I need said vocabulary too, it seems. If I were to infer some insights regarding fragmented ideological spaces, I would probably look to the Greek Left. You get many small groupings/ labels based on either "noble" reasons (philosophical/ political views and interpretations), or petty ones (personal feuds and squabbles). Or maybe both? And they are that exactly: Small. The bigger formations, those which seek to project electoral power, brush off such nuances and act as "umbrellas". Nothing really new here, I think that Downs' economic theory of democracy does the trick, more or less.
And to quote my other fave, Olson, too, "[t]he need for the state arises" should probably read "the roving bandit that decided to become stationary (and btw started correcting some market failures)" ツ
Good selection (and commentary) Vishnu.
Re: your choice for Liberty/ Oppression. As a European I need said vocabulary too, it seems. If I were to infer some insights regarding fragmented ideological spaces, I would probably look to the Greek Left. You get many small groupings/ labels based on either "noble" reasons (philosophical/ political views and interpretations), or petty ones (personal feuds and squabbles). Or maybe both? And they are that exactly: Small. The bigger formations, those which seek to project electoral power, brush off such nuances and act as "umbrellas". Nothing really new here, I think that Downs' economic theory of democracy does the trick, more or less.
And to quote my other fave, Olson, too, "[t]he need for the state arises" should probably read "the roving bandit that decided to become stationary (and btw started correcting some market failures)" ツ