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Osita Nwanevu
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I've been thinking a lot about alternatives to the thin and dusty conception of liberalism we're now overfamiliar with, and this essay by @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.comwww.liberalcurrents.com/against-the-...
Against the Slave Power: the Fugitive Liberalism of Frederick Douglass
Douglass elaborated a political theory from his experiences as a slave, where institutions were directed against people like him. He had to become attuned to the differential character of law as it ap...
"Thin and dusty." 😂😂😂
Thanks for reading! Part 2 tomorrow, with how I think Douglass's fugitive philosophy applies to the MAGA context.
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Osita Nwanevu
@ositanwanevu.bsky.social
Contributing Editor | The New Republic
Columnist | The Guardian
Newsletter | ositanwanevu.com
18.7k followers881 following978 posts