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When No One Cares

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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The Left Liberals of the Enlightenment

The left liberals of the Enlightenment, they never were at peace with any of that. And so one of the ones I talked about was Auguste Compt who wanted to make scientists like Newton into secular saints. Even had Robespierre talking about how you needed to cultivate religious instinct in support of the state and its progress. It marksism, which you can debate how much it's in the enlightenment tradition.

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