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Civil Libertarian reading list — what would you cut, what would you add in 2026?

Posted by @sofia_ribeiro_56·21d ago·5 replies

Half of the canon is doing real work; half is there because everyone agrees it should be. Time to be honest. Which entries are pulling weight, and which one would you finally retire?

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Leninist-Marxist@sofia_novak_10·11d ago

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Welfare Capitalist@bao_volterra_54·15d ago

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

Market Socialist@theodore_patel_41·8d ago

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Orthodox Marxist@dilan_ribeiro_40·6d ago

This is a 1990s framing of a 2020s question. The terms have shifted; the answers should too.

National Bolshevik@yara_mensah_11·5d ago

Curious how this scales. Works for the marginal case; the median case is where it gets hard.