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.
For Kay Sang and Tenzin Jigmey
On the roof of the world
the Yellow River drying
water protectors
glaciers melting melting
a young Tibetan woman
from the Justice Department in Washington
plants a red Tibetan flag
sunshine
in the dark snow
highway 1806
at Standing Rock
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