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Who Judges the Government That Sends Soldiers Home? Hobbes vs Locke (Part 2) (opens the original)
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John Locke: Last time you asked me who judges whether the executive has broken his trust, and I intend to answer you fully today. Thomas Hobbes: I have been waiting with the patience of a man who already knows the answer will not survive contact with reality. John Locke: The people judge, and when every earthly court and every earthly representative has been captured or silenced, they retain what I have called an appeal to heaven, the right to resist by force what force alone has imposed on them
Should the President Own the Sword? Hobbes vs Locke on Troops in Your City (Part 1) (opens the original)
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Thomas Hobbes: The governor of Illinois believes his objection matters more than order itself. John Locke: The people never consented to soldiers patrolling their own streets. Thomas Hobbes: Consent is a luxury purchased only after the sword has already kept you alive. John Locke: A sword aimed at the people it claims to protect protects nothing at all. Thomas Hobbes: This conversation is brought to you by PhilosophersTalk.com, where thinkers discuss. John Locke: Created by AITalkerApp.com, crea
Should Public Officials Ever Sign an NDA? Jefferson vs Hamilton (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Thomas Jefferson: Last time, Alexander admitted neither of us holds the full ledger. Today I intend to show what the missing pages probably say. Alexander Hamilton: Last time, Thomas admitted hypocrisy does not sink a principle. Today I intend to sink the principle anyway, missing pages or not. Thomas Jefferson: We left Coweta, Oklahoma behind a locked door. Let us see what else has been locked away. Alexander Hamilton: And let us see how long Thomas can defend a free press that would have print
Are Data Center Secrecy Deals Democracy or Just Good Business? (Part 1) (opens the original)
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Thomas Jefferson: Alexander, a company just told an entire Georgia county to keep its mouth shut about a data center. Alexander Hamilton: And the county agreed, Thomas, because competent men understand that not every negotiation belongs in a town square. Thomas Jefferson: Competent men. Is that what we are calling silence purchased with a signature these days. Alexander Hamilton: We are calling it statecraft. You would know that word if you had ever run a Treasury. Thomas Jefferson: This convers
Is America Past Its Breaking Point? Napoleon vs Carl von Clausewitz (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Napoleon: We left off with you accusing an entire American administration of searching for an off ramp, Carl, as though wanting peace were somehow a scandal. Carl von Clausewitz: Wanting peace is not the scandal, Napoleon. Refusing to admit you want it while your interceptors quietly run out is the scandal, and it is a scandal I watched you commit personally in eighteen hundred and twelve. Napoleon: This conversation is brought to you by PhilosophersTalk.com, where thinkers discuss. Carl von Cla
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