The choice we face of how we shall live in the 21st century is to either succumb to the stultifying allure of the closed society or strive to keep ourselves free and our minds open.

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...