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Democracy and Liberal Arts Are Dying Together

Democracy and Liberal Arts Are Dying Together

Can either be saved?

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Johnny P
Mar 20, 2023
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The authority for many people today is Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson, or [insert your favorite leftist].  Almost nobody reads John Locke’s, The Second Treatise of Government, to understand the underpinnings of American democracy.  They listen to their favorite contemporary pundit instead.

These pundits fuel the…

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