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Samuel Moyn

Samuel Aaron Moyn is the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, previously the Henry R. Luce… more

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Reposted by: Samuel Moyn

Reposted by: Samuel Moyn

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Paradox: Resistance stances were less needed when they were more prominent; only when the threat is far more salient do people proclaim the limits of the stances. Explain? Is this a learning process?

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“For all the talk of red lines and points of no return, the modern United States has had democratic crises and authoritarian turmoil before. The language of break-glass, fire-alarm emergencies looks at our increasingly brittle existing modes of political organization and cannot see beyond them.”
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Political violence, post-pandemic one-party rule, vast economic inequality, and immigration backlash? The 2020s are the 1920s all over again--and that may show us a way out. Adapted from my book, to be published next week. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...
Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment
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Political violence, post-pandemic one-party rule, vast economic inequality, and immigration backlash? The 2020s are the 1920s all over again--and that may show us a way out. Adapted from my book, to be published next week. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...
Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment
www.nytimes.com

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“‘Russ worked for me as a child, and I’m proud of what he’s doing now,’ said Mr. Gramm, who retired from the Senate in 2002.” It’s fascinating how consistent with the familiar Republican Party Vought is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u... via @NYTimes
The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency
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