Tip-Off #200: The drift toward illiberalism

"Our freedom and social constraints define each other, like two sides of the same coin—they cannot be reduced to something more basic." - Dag Østerberg [*]

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The Trump-Musk regime’s assault on law and decency will pass. History shows that despite tragic setbacks and at the cost of great struggle, the public prevails over its abuses. Institutional breakdown will stop; something more stable will take hold. While not inevitable—and however one defines “progress”—once unthinkable ideas are now seen as …