[Ilya Somin] "The Nationalist Threat to Liberty" - My Final Contribution to the Liberty Fund Symposium on "The Legacy of David Boaz"

In one of his response essays, Tarnell Brown mentions the Marquis de Lafayette as an example of the cosmopolitan nature of the struggle for liberty, and how immigrants and foreign allies contributed to the founding and growth of America. Libertarians of my generation… and even more so those of David Boaz's generation, came of age in a world where socialism and the progressive left more generally were the greatest threats to liberty. It may be psychologically difficult for some to adjust to the new reality where the greatest threat to our values now comes from the political right, in the form of nationalism.

Author: Ilya Somin

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