Tristan’s Reviews > Why Liberalism Failed > Status Update
Tristan
is on page 186 of 248
In which we get an eye-rollingly generic critique of the humanities in the university, & also a kind of fun account accusing American liberal democracy's of having built-in mechanism for inhibiting the people's ability and willingness to Do Democracy, & continuity in this between the Founders and the New Deal Progressives.
— Aug 22, 2026 05:45AM
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Tristan
is on page 130 of 248
"the great financial crisis was caused by the financial equivalent of hookup culture" is an all-timer why did I never hear about this. also I think Deneen maybe thinks you shouldn't be gay.
— Aug 20, 2026 02:36AM
Tristan
is on page 66 of 248
so far aggressively fine & inoffensive (imo lots of the critiques read like something your woke anthropology prof would say) and definitely cogent at points but hysterical that for a while we were all supposed to pretend that this kind of catholic communitarianism & classicist virtue theory had anything to do with like Trump etc. other than the support of the writers
— Aug 18, 2026 03:44PM