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The Righteous Mind
There was a period when I was writing the book when after sort of laying out morality both sides I said to my wife I'm not sure I can call myself liberal anymore. The far right is not conservative it's sort of radical you know quasi authoritarian populist and the far left is not liberal because they're opposed to illiberalism on both sides. After 2015 there's been a real split where the academic world which I used to love has lost trust in its students, he says. "It's just not worth taking risks"