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Month: June 2021

Simone Weil on Parties and Polarization

In her book, “On the Abolition of All Political Parties”, Weil’s skepticism towards organized parties emerges clearly. In the concise and short essay, Weil argues, why political parties are unendingly power-hungry. She proposes that imposing more constraints on them would only increase their motivation to grab more power and inch their way to totalitarianism. She then connects the lack of coherent philosophy to an increase in the dichotomy of viewpoints and polarization.

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