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The World-Spirit on a Golf Cart
A few thoughts on our times
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Autonomy and the Automaton
Ernst Jünger, mechanistic tyranny, the conquest of fear, and true individual freedom
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June 2024

Cast Away Illusions and Prepare for Struggle
A response to old guard conservatism
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N.S. Lyons
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The Foundation of American Folly
The Ford Foundation has spent decades tearing the country apart, tax-free
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N.S. Lyons
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April 2024

The Right’s Future Must be Parallel, and Counter-Revolutionary
What I Told National Conservatives in Brussels
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N.S. Lyons
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First Things Essay, NatCon
A few updates
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N.S. Lyons
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‘Democracy’ Means Never Having to Hear ‘You’re Fired!’
On fortifying managed democracy from ‘political interference’
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N.S. Lyons
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March 2024

Why the Constitution Won't Save You
On the conquest of America’s unwritten constitution
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N.S. Lyons
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Interview: Ryszard Legutko
Liberal Democracy, Communism, and totalitarian temptations in free societies
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N.S. Lyons
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February 2024

A Better Model of Political Categories
Don’t let the PEMRs win
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N.S. Lyons
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Confucius Says “lol, lmao”
On the very basics of governance
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N.S. Lyons
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January 2024

Poland and the Demon in Democracy
Liberal authoritarianism’s tusks have been bared across the West
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N.S. Lyons
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