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Becker-Posner?

Given that our criticisms of the status quo and past are the same, but our solutions overlap or are different, it might be interesting, beneficial for both of us, and beneficial for the Alt’s both left and right, if we updated and replaced the Becker-Posner debate.

I can see educating both sides, and perhaps allying both sides against the status quo. But at the very worst, it would increase the reach for both of us.

Neither of us have worthy debate partners. So our arguments are often lost in a swamp of sophisms. Improving the quality of the debate means improving the message, explanation, and nuance.

And I don’t necessarily want us to debate each other. It’s more that we could both make our cases about specific questions and let the ‘jury’ decide, as did Becker and Posner.

In other words, you make the alt-(new)-left and I make the alt-(new)-right arguments. And we draw both audiences into the discourse.

Just a thought.

Curt.