Will Roelofs
@wroelofs.bsky.social
PhD Candidate Political Science UofT | Amateur musician, interested in Political Economy, Labour Politics and Canadian politics.
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I wrote about this moralizing nostalgia, so pervasive among the nation’s elites, last week - and why such ahistorical tales not only obscure rather than illuminate the political conflict, but provide fertile ground for a politics of reaction: thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/moralizing...
Moralizing Nostalgia Leads to Bad History – and Helps the Anti-Democratic Right
David Brooks’ “How America Got Mean” offers an ahistorical tale that obscures rather than illuminates – and provides fertile ground for a politics of reaction
thomaszimmer.substack.com
September 4, 2023 at 5:30 PM
I wrote about this moralizing nostalgia, so pervasive among the nation’s elites, last week - and why such ahistorical tales not only obscure rather than illuminate the political conflict, but provide fertile ground for a politics of reaction: thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/moralizing...
Classic 2am rushed essay.
August 31, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Classic 2am rushed essay.