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phil
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Welcome @henryfarrell! Henry is a professor of international affairs and author of several books, including the award winning Of Privacy and Power. He has agreed to do an AMA for the /books channel. Reply with your questions (please make sure to tag him so he can easily find them)
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FluffheadChaser
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@henryfarrell Thank you for taking questions! In 'No Exit Opportunities' you write: "Actual free markets require a state that is powerful and constrained." Do you feel the current state of SV shows an openness to non-restraint or that there is common ground with those outside of SV? Do you think the current political cycle may be being used as a show of non-restraint?
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Henry Farrell
@henryfarrell
First - I think that there is a lot of variation in SV, and among right leaning people in SV. But I also think, which is the burden of the essay, that there are a bunch of influential people who do not recognize that restraint and some role for the state are part of classical liberalism.
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Henry Farrell
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That inclines them to strike alliances with people who are similarly not interested in constraint and the rule of law, which I think is a fundamental political error. But I also think there is a lot to e.g. the Vitalik Buterin stance (which Vitalik laid out after I had written my essay) in favor of a more nuanced approach to politics ihttps://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/07/17/procrypto.html
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FluffheadChaser
@fluffheadchaser
Thank you. That was put in a very understandable way. And I had not seen the article by @vitalik.eth so thanks for sharing.
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