Why Not A World-State?
Leo Strauss Against Universalism
One of Leo Strauss’s arguments against Alexander Kojeve is that large societies fall apart because they lack the trust needed for citizens to feel obligated to one another. Not that this is an argument for nationalism; but it does seem to be an argument for nationalism’s superiority to a scaled-up version of the EU.
But if you agree with Strauss’s criti…
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