I think that NRx can be disaggregated into two relatively independent parts—the critique of the current Western political arrangements and the normative this-should-be-so part. It may make sense to discuss them separately.
The problem with that is doing so implicitly encourages those who espouse the this-should-be-so parts every time they are reinforced by seeing the other bits discussed. I REALLY wish there were a way around this, because criticism of democracy and trying to figure out ways around its bad points is a very interesting subject.
First, I don’t see implicit encouragement as a problem. You’re thinking in supply-the-enemy-tribe-with-attention terms which aren’t particularly useful.
Second, the critical part of NRx doesn’t like much more than just democracy. Cathedral is vast and its filaments burrow deep...
I think that NRx can be disaggregated into two relatively independent parts—the critique of the current Western political arrangements and the normative this-should-be-so part. It may make sense to discuss them separately.
The problem with that is doing so implicitly encourages those who espouse the this-should-be-so parts every time they are reinforced by seeing the other bits discussed. I REALLY wish there were a way around this, because criticism of democracy and trying to figure out ways around its bad points is a very interesting subject.
First, I don’t see implicit encouragement as a problem. You’re thinking in supply-the-enemy-tribe-with-attention terms which aren’t particularly useful.
Second, the critical part of NRx doesn’t like much more than just democracy. Cathedral is vast and its filaments burrow deep...