50 Books like Free Speech

Free Speech

by Timothy Garton Ash • 2017

Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.

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🗣️ Free Speech 🌐 Internet Freedom 📰 Media And Democracy ⚠️ Hate Speech 💬 Civic Discourse

Free Speech 97%

Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.

by Timothy Garton Ash 2017

3.96

312 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🌐 Internet Freedom 📰 Media And Democracy ⚠️ Hate Speech 💬 Civic Discourse

Free Speech And Why It Matters

by Andrew Doyle • 2021

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

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🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

Free Speech And Why It Matters 97%

The argument for free speech when offense is treated as violence and platforms police every word.

by Andrew Doyle 2021

4.23

1k+ ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Advocacy 🚫 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Hate Speech Laws 🔕 Censorship

You Can't Read This Book

by Nick Cohen • 2012

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

4.08

736

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

You Can't Read This Book 96%

Censorship didn't vanish after book burnings. It learned to smile and send a legal notice.

by Nick Cohen 2012

4.08

736 ratings

🗽 Free Speech Defense 🙊 Religious Censorship 🏢 Corporate Silence 📢 Whistleblowing 🖥️ Digital Authoritarianism

Free Speech

by Jacob Mchangama • 2022

Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.

4.18

500

📚 Intellectual History 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Censorship 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Free Speech 96%

Free speech has a 2,500-year losing streak, and the playbook for silencing it hasn't changed.

by Jacob Mchangama 2022

4.18

500 ratings

📚 Intellectual History 🗣️ Free Speech 🚫 Censorship 🏛️ Classical Liberalism ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Liberty in the Age of Terror

by A.C. Grayling • 2009

The West answered terrorism by curtailing the very liberties it claimed to protect.

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143

🛡️ Civil Liberties 💣 War On Terror 💬 Free Speech 👁️ Surveillance State 🎭 Identity Politics

Liberty in the Age of Terror 95%

The West answered terrorism by curtailing the very liberties it claimed to protect.

by A.C. Grayling 2009

3.57

143 ratings

🛡️ Civil Liberties 💣 War On Terror 💬 Free Speech 👁️ Surveillance State 🎭 Identity Politics

The Tyranny of Opinion

by Russell Blackford • 2018

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

3.92

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

The Tyranny of Opinion 94%

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

by Russell Blackford 2018

3.92

36 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill • 1859

Majority opinion has no jurisdiction over your private life. The only limit is harm to others.

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🗽 Classical Liberalism 🗣️ Free Speech ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐑 Social Conformity 🧑 Personal Autonomy

On Liberty 94%

Majority opinion has no jurisdiction over your private life. The only limit is harm to others.

by John Stuart Mill 1859

3.96

44k+ ratings

🗽 Classical Liberalism 🗣️ Free Speech ⚖️ Utilitarianism 🐑 Social Conformity 🧑 Personal Autonomy

The Constitution of Knowledge

by Jonathan Rauch • 2021

Two invisible rules keep society tethered to reality. Both are being dismantled.

4.25

2k+

🧠 Social Epistemology 🏛️ Liberal Tradition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🎯 Cancel Culture

The Constitution of Knowledge 93%

Two invisible rules keep society tethered to reality. Both are being dismantled.

by Jonathan Rauch 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧠 Social Epistemology 🏛️ Liberal Tradition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🎯 Cancel Culture

How Woke Won

by Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

4.09

175

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won 93%

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

by Joanna Williams 2022

4.09

175 ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

From Fatwa to Jihad

by Kenan Malik • 2009

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

4.03

285

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique 🏷️ Identity Politics ✊ Anti-Racism

From Fatwa to Jihad 93%

The Rushdie affair tore the multicultural consensus apart, moving Islam's fault line into Europe.

by Kenan Malik 2009

4.03

285 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech Debates 🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Multiculturalism Critique 🏷️ Identity Politics ✊ Anti-Racism

Don’t Burn This Book

by Dave Rubin • 2020

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

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4k+

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

Don’t Burn This Book 93%

A former progressive's playbook for when the mob calls you a Nazi and demands an apology.

by Dave Rubin 2020

3.76

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🌐 Intellectual Dark Web ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 📰 Media Bias

How Propaganda Works

by Jason F. Stanley • 2015

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

3.59

859

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

How Propaganda Works 93%

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

by Jason F. Stanley 2015

3.59

859 ratings

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

The Identity Trap

by Yascha Mounk • 2023

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

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2k+

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

The Identity Trap 93%

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

by Yascha Mounk 2023

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

Cynical Theories

by Helen Pluckrose • 2020

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

4.10

6k+

🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

Cynical Theories 93%

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

by Helen Pluckrose 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

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120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago 92%

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Shitbürgertum

by Ulf Poschardt • 2025

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

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301

🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Shitbürgertum 92%

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

by Ulf Poschardt 2025

3.21

301 ratings

🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Parasitic Mind

by Gad Saad • 2020

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

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9k+

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

Parasitic Mind 92%

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

by Gad Saad 2020

3.94

9k+ ratings

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong

by Andrew P. Napolitano • 2011

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

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🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong Summary

It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong 92%

Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.

by Andrew P. Napolitano 2011

4.26

261 ratings

🏛️ Natural Rights 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🐍 Libertarian Thought 📜 Constitutional Originalism 🇺🇸 American Founding

Speechless

by Michael J. Knowles • 2021

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

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3k+

🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Speechless 92%

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

by Michael J. Knowles 2021

4.24

3k+ ratings

🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

3.50

175

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library 92%

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

Against the Web

by Michael Brooks • 2020

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

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2k+

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Against the Web 92%

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

by Michael Brooks 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone

by Astra Taylor • 2019

Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.

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731

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤝 Participatory Democracy 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Freedom And Equality

Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary

Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone 92%

Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.

by Astra Taylor 2019

4.20

731 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤝 Participatory Democracy 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Freedom And Equality

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro • 2020

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

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5k+

🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps 92%

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

by Ben Shapiro 2020

4.06

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

Justice

by Michael J. Sandel • 2007

Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.

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28k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🧠 Thought Experiments 💰 Markets And Morality 🏘️ Communitarianism

Justice 92%

Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.

by Michael J. Sandel 2007

4.30

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🧠 Thought Experiments 💰 Markets And Morality 🏘️ Communitarianism

Liberalism and Its Discontents

by Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

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3k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Liberalism and Its Discontents 92%

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

by Francis Fukuyama 2022

3.90

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

4.02

996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 92%

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021

4.02

996 ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Identity and Violence

by Amartya Sen • 2006

The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.

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2k+

🆔 Identity Politics 🌍 Multiculturalism 🔓 Anti-Essentialism 🗳️ Deliberative Democracy 📚 Postcolonial Theory

Identity and Violence 92%

The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.

by Amartya Sen 2006

3.83

2k+ ratings

🆔 Identity Politics 🌍 Multiculturalism 🔓 Anti-Essentialism 🗳️ Deliberative Democracy 📚 Postcolonial Theory

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

4.40

3k+

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

The Vision of the Anointed 91%

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

by Thomas Sowell 1995

4.40

3k+ ratings

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

Intellectual Property

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2017

Intellectual property creates scarcity where none exists. The winners are no accident.

3.92

181

🏛️ Intellectual Property 🏗️ Artificial Scarcity 🌐 Public Domain 💻 Digital Rights 🌍 Global Trade Policy

Intellectual Property 91%

Intellectual property creates scarcity where none exists. The winners are no accident.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2017

3.92

181 ratings

🏛️ Intellectual Property 🏗️ Artificial Scarcity 🌐 Public Domain 💻 Digital Rights 🌍 Global Trade Policy

The Good State

by A.C. Grayling • 2020

Most democracies fail their own test: the government reflects a minority, not the people.

3.81

130

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Constitutional Design 🗳️ Proportional Representation ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 💰 Money In Politics

The Good State 91%

Most democracies fail their own test: the government reflects a minority, not the people.

by A.C. Grayling 2020

3.81

130 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Constitutional Design 🗳️ Proportional Representation ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 💰 Money In Politics

Don't Burn This Country

by Dave Rubin • 2022

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

3.90

498

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Don't Burn This Country 91%

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

by Dave Rubin 2022

3.90

498 ratings

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Attack from Within

by Barbara McQuade • 2024

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

4.13

2k+

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Attack from Within 91%

The one freedom America cannot defend itself against is the one it cherishes most: free speech.

by Barbara McQuade 2024

4.13

2k+ ratings

📡 Disinformation Warfare 📰 Media Manipulation 🏛️ Authoritarian Tactics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💻 Digital Polarization

Multicultural Citizenship

by Will Kymlicka • 1995

Collective rights for minorities are not a betrayal of liberalism; they are its logical extension.

3.68

282

🏛️ Liberal Political Theory ⚖️ Minority Rights 🌍 Cultural Diversity 👥 Collective Rights 🏴 National Minorities

Multicultural Citizenship 91%

Collective rights for minorities are not a betrayal of liberalism; they are its logical extension.

by Will Kymlicka 1995

3.68

282 ratings

🏛️ Liberal Political Theory ⚖️ Minority Rights 🌍 Cultural Diversity 👥 Collective Rights 🏴 National Minorities

Propaganda and the Public Mind

by Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

4.06

1k+

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind 91%

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

by Noam Chomsky 1998

4.06

1k+ ratings

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick • 1974

What if taxation is forced labor, and the only just state barely governs?

3.74

6k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Classical Liberalism 🗽 Libertarian Thought ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🛡️ Individual Rights

Anarchy, State, and Utopia 91%

What if taxation is forced labor, and the only just state barely governs?

by Robert Nozick 1974

3.74

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Classical Liberalism 🗽 Libertarian Thought ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🛡️ Individual Rights

Nothing to Hide

by Daniel J. Solove • 2011

Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.

3.85

182

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Government Surveillance ⚖️ Privacy Law 📊 Data Mining 📜 Fourth Amendment

Nothing to Hide 91%

Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.

by Daniel J. Solove 2011

3.85

182 ratings

🔒 Digital Privacy 👁️ Government Surveillance ⚖️ Privacy Law 📊 Data Mining 📜 Fourth Amendment

The Right to Privacy

by Ellen Alderman • 1995

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

3.96

339

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

The Right to Privacy 91%

Privacy: the fundamental right the Constitution never names, and the court cases that invented it.

by Ellen Alderman 1995

3.96

339 ratings

📜 Privacy Law 🏛️ Constitutional Law 🗽 Civil Liberties 📹 Digital Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Surveillance

Intellectuals and Society

by Thomas Sowellm • 2009

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

4.29

4k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

Intellectuals and Society 91%

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

by Thomas Sowellm 2009

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

Truth in Our Times

by David E. McCraw • 2019

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

4.14

609

🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

Truth in Our Times 91%

A newspaper lawyer versus a president who called the press the enemy. The inside story.

by David E. McCraw 2019

4.14

609 ratings

🗽 Press Freedom ⚖️ First Amendment 🔒 Government Secrecy 📜 Media Law 📢 Whistleblowing

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

by Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

4.06

127

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Tyranny of Good Intentions 91%

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

by Paul Craig Roberts 2000

4.06

127 ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 📜 Constitutional Law 🏛️ Prosecutorial Power 🔒 Government Overreach 🔗 Mass Incarceration

Why Liberalism Failed

by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

3.84

4k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

Why Liberalism Failed 91%

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

by Patrick J. Deneen 2018

3.84

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

The People vs. Democracy

by Yascha Mounk • 2018

Populists dismantle institutions; unelected courts rule from above; split tearing democracy apart.

4.05

2k+

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 🗳️ Populism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 💰 Economic Inequality 💻 Technology And Democracy

The People vs. Democracy 91%

Populists dismantle institutions; unelected courts rule from above; split tearing democracy apart.

by Yascha Mounk 2018

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 🗳️ Populism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 💰 Economic Inequality 💻 Technology And Democracy

Race Marxism

by James Lindsay • 2022

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

4.23

364

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Race Marxism 91%

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

by James Lindsay 2022

4.23

364 ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Twitter and Tear Gas

by Zeynep Tufekci • 2017

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

4.08

1k+

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare 🚪 Media Gatekeeping 🤝 Collective Action

Twitter and Tear Gas 91%

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

by Zeynep Tufekci 2017

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare 🚪 Media Gatekeeping 🤝 Collective Action

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

3.90

1k+

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Nation of Victims 91%

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022

3.90

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Freedom and Neurobiology

by John Rogers Searle • 2005

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

3.56

246

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will 🧩 Consciousness 🗣️ Speech Act Theory

Freedom and Neurobiology 91%

Free will is a biological fact, and political power rests on what we collectively agree to accept.

by John Rogers Searle 2005

3.56

246 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🏛️ Social Construction 🕊️ Free Will 🧩 Consciousness 🗣️ Speech Act Theory

Political Philosophy

by Adam Swift • 2001

Democracy's trick: we accept losing because the game was fair, even if the result is wrong.

3.91

432

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Political Equality 📊 Majority Rule

Political Philosophy 91%

Democracy's trick: we accept losing because the game was fair, even if the result is wrong.

by Adam Swift 2001

3.91

432 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Political Equality 📊 Majority Rule

Anatomy of Fake News

by Nolan Higdon • 2020

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

4.00

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Anatomy of Fake News 91%

Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.

by Nolan Higdon 2020

4.00

35 ratings

📰 Media Literacy 📋 News Literacy 🔍 Disinformation Studies 📢 Propaganda Analysis 💰 Attention Economy

Against Democracy

by Jason Brennan • 2016

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

3.68

1k+

🧠 Democratic Theory 🗳️ Voter Ignorance 🔧 Governance Reform 💬 Deliberative Democracy 📊 Political Epistemology

Against Democracy 91%

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

by Jason Brennan 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🧠 Democratic Theory 🗳️ Voter Ignorance 🔧 Governance Reform 💬 Deliberative Democracy 📊 Political Epistemology

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

4.21

1k+

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 91%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

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