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Paul Evans

Politics is dominated by people who are interested in politics. That’s a bad thing.

A new year thought for you.

3 min readJan 2, 2024

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Politics is dominated by people who are interested in politics. That’s a bad thing.

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Paul Evans

Another heresy to be going on with

I few of my recent posts have danced around a minor heresy that I promote. I’ve never heard the logical arguments against it, and I have a…

2 min readAug 7, 2023

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Another heresy to be going on with

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Paul Evans

A fundamental truth that we dare not speak

In the near-ish future — maybe thirty or forty years hence — a historian may look at our current period of relative decline, poor…

3 min readAug 4, 2023

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A fundamental truth that we dare not speak

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Paul Evans

Five rules of voluntary collective action

Here are five rules that I’ve drafted that I believe apply to voluntary collective action.

3 min readMay 10, 2023

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Five rules of voluntary collective action

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Paul Evans

The misdirection in the ‘elites’ discourse.

There are respectable ways of knowing how things are run and who the beneficiaries are. Over-indulged misdirection about ‘elites’ isn’t one…

4 min readApr 11, 2023

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The misdirection in the ‘elites’ discourse.

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Paul Evans

The rights conferred by the membership of a political party

We can probably agree that, if someone can exert power without responsibility or legitimacy, we have a moral duty to take it from them in…

2 min readApr 2, 2023

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The rights conferred by the membership of a political party

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Paul Evans

The time has come for Woke Revisionism

Seeing as we all have to pick a side now, I’m wondering whether to go Woke or Anti-Woke? I’ve thought this through, and it looks like it’s…

4 min readJan 1, 2023

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The time has come for Woke Revisionism

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Paul Evans

By not knowing who we are, we designed Putin.

Often, when I see points that are made supposedly from a ‘pro-liberal democracy’ viewpoint, I’m reinforced in the view that liberal…

6 min readFeb 22, 2022

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By not knowing who we are, we designed Putin.

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Paul Evans

How to defeat Cancel Culture.

The key is to defend the independence of editors from all of their enemies. And those enemies are not all in The Woke Mob.

6 min readDec 22, 2021

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How to defeat Cancel Culture.

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Paul Evans

Democracy for Sale: a review

To understand what the crude populism of the new right is, you need to understand where it came from. This may be the best overview of that…

4 min readAug 7, 2020

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Democracy for Sale: a review

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Paul Evans

Paul Evans

Author of “Save Democracy — Abolish Voting” published by @demsoc — everything written in a personal capacity. Personal website: www.paul-evans.org

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