Karl Marx celebrated liberalism’s achievements, such as freedom of the press, while excoriating its fidelity to private property rights. We can hold the same tension in our minds — fiercely opposing capitalism while fighting to make liberal rights real through socialist transformation.
the author has other works such as Was John Stuart Mill a Socialist? and called for Rawls' “liberal socialist regime”
I don't see the point of the Mills article, but I thought the Rawls article was good
Yeah, I remember listening to a Bruenig podcast ep and he referenced that article and some more I think about Rawls being way more closely related to socialism than most people want to admit and how he was taught by a socialist and stuff. Kind of an interesting little corner of political theory to be in.
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