Liberal political thought doesn’t demand alienation from our neighbors, but it does recognize that there will be moments when our values require us to hold positions that are deeply unpopular.
In today's post, I spend some time thinking about why it matters much more to be right than to be popular:
arikohen.substack.com
The Liberal Virtue of Unpopularity
The fear of being alone is central to the human experience; it isn’t some sort of peculiar anxiety at the heart of contemporary democratic life or something unique to liberal democrats.