Sohrab Ahmari on Post-Liberalism

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

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4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Sohrab Ahmari is a writer, commentator, and the founding editor of Compact. He is the author of Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty–and What to Do About It. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Sohrab Ahmari discuss the threat corporate power poses to individual freedom in the United States; whether liberalism has gone too far in prioritizing individual autonomy over the common good; and why they disagree about whether attempting to move beyond liberalism would make things better or worse. This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity. Please do listen and spread the word about The Good Fight. If you have not yet signed up for our podcast, please do so now by following this link on your phone. Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.persuasion.community Podcast production by John Taylor Williams, and Brendan Ruberry Connect with us! Spotify | Apple | Google Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk & @joinpersuasion Youtube: Yascha Mounk LinkedIn: Persuasion Community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.3	correct right that for example that markets aren't natural but they're human creations
0:41.8	this you know is obviously heresy on the right, but I've always retained the sense that the market was intended down to us from heaven
0:49.6	No, whatever it's just a human institution. And the rise of market society
0:53.9	was attended by a great deal of coercion
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1:08.6	I have some news to share that I'm really excited about. I have a new book coming out in about six weeks.
1:18.0	It is called The Identity Trap, a story of ideas and power in our time. As you know I have become quite concerned
1:30.8	about the transformation of much of the left and much of the mainstream in how we think about issues of identity over the last years.
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