The Return of the Duopoly: Liberal Democracy Under Pressure from Within and Without

Oppressionism and Authoritarianism: The two challenges liberal democracy failed to see coming

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Part 1: Civilization’s Dependence on Ideological Dualism

Part 2: The Fall of Communism and the Vacuum of Counter-Ideology

Part 3: The Rise of Oppressionism (Unnamed, Undefinable, Undefended Against)

Part 4: The Counter-Movement Begins: Naming the Enemy

Part 5: What Comes Next: The Return of the Dialectic

Part 6: A New Paradigm - The Dual Duopolies of Liberal Democracy

Part 7: Renewing Liberalism - Two Linked Battles

Part 1: Civilization’s Dependence on Ideological Dualism

1.1 Introduction

Dualism as Destiny: How the Clash of Opposing Worldviews Forged Western Civilization

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1.2 Dualism as Civilizational Engine

Opposition as Foundation: How Conflict Shaped the West

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1.3 The History of Oppositions

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1.4 Opposition as Meaning-Maker

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1.5 Gramsci and the Struggle for Cultural Hegemony

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1.6 The Necessity of Ideological Tension

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1.7 After the Fall: A Vacuum Forms

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Part 2: The Fall of Communism and the Vacuum of Counter-Ideology

2.1 Introduction

How the fall of the Soviet Union left liberalism without an adversary, and paved the way for identity to become the new ideolog

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2.2 The Collapse of the Old Dialectic

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2.3 The World Made Sense Because There Were Two Sides

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2.4 The Brief Era of Hegemonic Liberalism

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2.5 The Missing Adversary

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2.6 The Moral Framework Survives

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2.7 From Class to Identity

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2.8 A Counter-Ideology Without a Name

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2.9 The Quiet Return of Opposition

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Part 3: The Rise of Oppressionism (Unnamed, Undefinable, Undefended Against)

3.1 Introduction

Oppressionism: The Unnamed Moral Ideology That Captured Culture, Institutions, and Language

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3.2 A Moral Framework, Not a Political Movement

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3.3 From Class to Identity: A New Center of Gravity

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3.4 The Core Logic of Oppressionism

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3.5 Vectors of Diffusion: How the Ideology Spread

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3.6 Alignment Without Equivalence: Liberalism vs. Oppressionism

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3.7 Moral Absolutism in Institutional Form

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3.8 The Power of Being Nameless

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3.9 Toward a Name: Why ‘Oppressionism’ Fits

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Part 4: The Counter-Movement Begins: Naming the Enemy

4.1 Introduction

Defining Oppressionism: How Naming It Empowers a Coherent Counter-Movement Across the Political Spectrum

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4.2 From Unease to Revolt

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4.3 A Coalition Without a Party

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4.4 Struggling to Name the Threat

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4.5 Naming as Strategy

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4.6 The Case for ‘Oppressionism’

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4.7 The Core of the Resistance

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4.8 Beyond Left and Right

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4.9 A New Duopoly Emerges

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4.10 The Compass and the Fight Ahead

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Part 5: What Comes Next: The Return of the Dialectic

5.1 Introduction

Reviving the Dialectic: How Naming Oppressionism Restores Liberalism’s Essential Counterweight

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5.2 The Vacuum After Victory

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5.3 A New Kind of Conflict

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5.4 The Return of the Dialectic

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5.5 Two Futures

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5.6 Renewal Through Clarity

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5.7 Friction, Not Suppression

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5.8 The Discipline of Pluralism

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5.9 Re-Earning Liberalism

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Part 6: A New Paradigm - The Dual Duopolies of Liberal Democracy

6.1 Introduction

Mapping the New Double-Front: How Liberal Democracy Is Squeezed by Oppressionism Within and Authoritarianism Without

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6.2 From Cold War Clarity to Post-Cold War Complexity

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6.3 The Internal Challenger: Oppressionism

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6.4 The External Challenger: Authoritarianism Ascendant

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6.5 Ideological Exports and Global Sympathies

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6.6 Fragmented Threats, Unified Pressure

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6.7 A Shift in the Moral Landscape

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6.8 The Need for a New Framework

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Part 7: Renewing Liberalism - Two Linked Battles

7.1 Introduction

Reclaiming Freedom at Home, Projecting Strength Abroad

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7.2 The Double-Fronted Struggle

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7.3 Remembering Liberalism’s Triumphs

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7.4 Intertwined Pressures

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7.5 Oppressionism’s Mechanisms

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7.6 The Erosion of Power

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7.7 Authoritarian Exploitation

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7.8 The Imperative of Diagnosis

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7.9 Embedding Reform & Measuring Progress

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7.10 Toward a New Liberal Synthesis

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