In Democratic Individuality, I argued that at a high level of abstraction, modern conservatives, liberals and radicals believe that the best economic, social and political institutions foster each person’s individuality. Their differences are largely empirical or social theoretical. All clash with modern authoritarians. I will take up practical issues such as torture and the lineage of the neocons and link them to larger issues in how we conceive a decent regime, locally and internationally.
Chris Hedges below gets the immense racism of “American Sniper,” a film which has no kind or decent portrayal of an Iraqi, man, woman or child. They are all “savages.” And the analogy with murdering Native Americans, is, for Mr. Eastwood the director, just beneath the surface. As Hedges relates: “It …