Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Political Dissimulation

  • Use it or Lose it?

    Substack latest. If you want to maintain your physical fitness, you must exercise regularly. Use it or lose it!  Not so long ago  I thought that the same principle had a political application: if you want to maintain your freedoms, you must exercise them.  Use 'em or lose 'em! But times have changed.  And when times change, the…

  • Is There a Political ‘Use it or Lose it’ Principle?

    If you want to maintain your physical fitness, you must exercise regularly. Use it or lose it!  Not so long ago  I thought that the same principle had a political application: if you want to maintain your freedoms, you must exercise them.  Use 'em or lose 'em! But times have changed.  And when times change,…