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The Problem of Utopianism

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Ben Sixsmith
Feb 19, 2021
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A common right-wing response to leftist ideas is to charge them with utopianism and the belief in the perfectibility of human nature. An example of this would be Thomas Sowell's distinction between the “constrained view” of conservatives - in which human nature is largely fixed and centred on self-interest - and the “unconstrained view” of progressives …

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