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Through the eyes of the Machiavellians

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Pedro L. Gonzalez
Jan 05, 2021
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For Newsweek, I wrote an article about immigration that I hope encourages people to see things in a different light. It is a waste, I think, to live in a perpetual state of reaction, arguing within but never questioning frameworks.

This is something like a “meta” piece: a debate about the conventions of the debate. Rather than debating formal principles…

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