{"id":1499,"date":"2022-07-05T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T07:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:28:29","slug":"a-list-of-posts-on-the-current-state-of-liberty-and-the-threats-it-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidmhart.com\/wordpress\/a-list-of-posts-on-the-current-state-of-liberty-and-the-threats-it-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"A List of Posts on the Current State of Liberty and the Threats it faces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Titian, \u201cSisyphus\u201d (1548-49) – Sisyphus is pushing a boulder up to the summit in punishment for bringing enlightenment to the people. It might also represent classical liberals and libertarians pushing the boulder of liberty up the mountain of statism, only to see it roll back down again before they ever reach the summit.]<\/p>\n

Updated: 11 July, 2022<\/p>\n

Below is a list of my blog posts which are relevant to the Strategy Summit held in Sydney, 13-15 July, 2022.<\/p>\n

Many are new; many were written for the CIS \u201cLiberty and Society\u201d Seminar in May, 2022; others come from another strategy position paper I wrote in March\/April.<\/p>\n

\u201cStrategy Summit\u201d blogs on the threats to liberty and strategies to counter them:<\/h2>\n
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  1. \u201cThe Negative Political Party\u201d (11 July, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. \u201cOn Making the Argument\/s for Liberty\u201d (10 July, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. \u201cThe Threats to Liberty Part 2: The Size and Power of the State\u201d (7 July, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. \u201cThe \u201cBig Picture\u201d: Part 1\u201d (7 July 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. \u201cThe \u201cBig Picture\u201d: Part 2\u201d (7 July 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. \u201cLiberty in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region\u201d (5 July, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. \u201cThe Threats to Liberty Part 1: Government Expenditure\u201d (29 June, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. \u201cThe Prospects for Liberty: The Threats it faces and how to counter them\u201d (23 March, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Some blogs on the state of liberty and liberalism in Australia and elsewhere:<\/h2>\n
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    1. \u201cLiberty in Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region\u201d (5 July, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. \u201cSome Thoughts on the May 2022 Federal Election in Australia\u201d (26 May 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. On the \u201cLinoleum Party\u201d (LINO): \u201cThe Incoherence and Contradictions inherent in Modern Liberal Parties (and one in particular)\u201d (21 Oct. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. \u201cThe Myth of a liberal \u2018Australian Way of Life\u2019\u201d (20 June 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. \u201cThe State of the Libertarian Movement after 50 Years (1970-2020): Some Observations\u201d (25 March, 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. \u201cThe Presumption of Government Failure\u201d (1 Jan. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. \u201cWhat is to be Done? The Rise of Hygiene Socialism and the Prospects for Liberty\u201d (2 December, 2020) here<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. \u201cThe Work of Sisyphus: the Urgent Need for Intellectual Change\u201d (25 April, 2020) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Some blogs on the history and theory of classical liberalism<\/h2>\n

      A Brief Overview<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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      1. \u201cThe History of Classical Liberalism in 1,730 words (and one picture)\u201d (11 Aug. 2021; Revised 12 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. \u201cThe Classical Liberal Tradition \u2013 A 400 Year History Of Ideas And Movements: Lecture\/Seminar Outline\u201d (22 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. \u201cLiberty as the Sum of All Freedoms\u201d (26 April, 2022) here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
      4. \u201cTwelve Key Concepts of Liberty\u201d (25 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        The Many Faces of Liberalism<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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        1. \u201cThe Multi-Dimensionality of Classical Liberalism\u201d (19 April, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
        2. \u201cPlotting Liberty: The Multi-Dimensionality of Classical Liberalism and the Need for a New \u2018Left-Right\u2019 Political Spectrum\u201d (17 April, 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
        3. \u201c \u2018Hyphenated\u2019 Liberalism and the Problem of Definition\u201d (9 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
        4. \u201cHyphenated Liberalism Part II: Utopian, Democratic, Revolutionary, and State Liberalism\u201d (12 Oct. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
        5. \u201cThe Conservative and Revolutionary Faces of Classical Liberalism\u201d (11 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
        6. \u201cHow Modern Day CL\/Libertarians Differ From \u201cClassical\u201d Classical Liberals\u201d (24 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
        7. \u201cOn the (im)Possibility of finding a \u201cThird Way\u201d between Liberalism and Socialism\u201d (19 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Classical Liberals on the Role and Power of the State<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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          1. \u201cThe Spectrum of State Power: or a New Way of Looking at the Political Spectrum\u201d (10 Aug., 2021; updated: 25 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. \u201cClassical Liberals on the Size and Functions of the State\u201d (10 Aug. 2021; updated: 25 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            What CLs were FOR and AGAINST<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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            1. \u201cWhat Classical Liberals were Against\u201d (12 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
            2. \u201cWhat Classical Liberals were For\u201d (13 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
            3. \u201cWhat CLs were For \u2013 Part 2: Ends and Means\u201d (19 Oct., 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              CL Visions of the Future Free Society<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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              1. \u201cClassical Liberal Visions of the Future I\u201d (27 August, 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
              2. \u201cClassical Liberal Visions of the Future II: The Contribution of Gustave de Molinari (1819-1912)\u201d (29 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
              3. \u201cClassical Liberal Visions of the Future III: Liberal Experiments, Frameworks, and Archipelagos\u201d (11 Oct. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
              4. \u201cHayek on a Liberal Utopia\u201d (11 Sept. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                CL Movements and Crusades for Liberty<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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                1. \u201cClassical Liberal Movements: A Four Hundred Year History\u201d (17 Aug. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
                2. \u201cClassical Liberalism as a Revolutionary Ideology of Emancipation\u201d (13 Oct. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
                3. \u201cClassical Liberalism as the Philosophy of Emancipation II: The \u201cTrue Radical Liberalism\u201d of Peter Boettke\u201d (17 Oct. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  CL\u2019s Successes and Failures<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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                  1. \u201cThe Success of Liberal Ideas has led to the Decline of Radical Liberal Parties\u201d (6 Sept. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
                  2. \u201cA Balance Sheet of the Success and Failures of Classical Liberalism\u201d (21 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Some things to read<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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                    1. \u201cThe Classical Liberal Tradition: A 400 Year History of Ideas and Movements. An Introductory Reading List\u201d (20 May, 2021; updated: 22 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n
                    2. \u201cOne Volume Surveys of Classical Liberal Thought\u201d (11 Jan. 2021) here<\/a><\/li>\n
                    3. \u201c600 Quotations about Liberty and Power\u201d (28 Apr. 2022) here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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