Adam Gurri

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 344 | Adam Gurri on Liberal Democracy and How to Fight For It · 16 Feb 2026 podcast

I mean, look.

So speaking of right liberals, Friedrich Hayek, I think deserves to be called a liberal.

He really believed in a dynamic open system.

He was definitely a right wing one in the sense that he was perfectly comfortable with social hierarchies that would develop in a system of just formal liberty.

But he had very salient points about

how little knowledge a single individual could even have.

So a very wise and benevolent ruler is still just one person.

And they depend upon their,

a lot of things to inform them.

So what typically happens with a dictator is they sandbag their own administrative apparatus because they're prioritizing avoiding a coup.

And the people in their apparatus are the ones that are most likely to lead a coup against them.

So they prioritize playing the sides against each other over having it be effective.

But even if the person was wise and benevolent and didn't do that, the apparatus itself will have problems, right?

If you don't have free speech and if you don't have these open feedback mechanisms.

So ultimately, there's only so much that one person can do.

Yeah.

What happens?

Let's say you had the best possible dictator.

You know, people often put to point to, you know, Lee in Singapore, which I question, but, you know,

They've done okay, right?

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