Both the left and the right in the US increasingly want to use the state to impose their moral values, says journalist and author Stephanie Slade. In conversation with Lukas Leuzinger, she argues that classical liberals must not leave questions of virtue to others – and explains how big government crowds out civil society.
0:00 Intro
0:57 Welcome Stephanie Slade
1:04 What's going on with the American right?
2:42 Why the "new right" is rising
4:12 How the right has changed in practice
5:13 What is fusionism?
6:55 Should liberalism stay silent on virtue?
8:22 Illiberalism on both left and right
9:55 Where the urge to impose virtue comes from
10:46 Hayek on tribal instincts and modern society
11:41 Was Hayek more conservative than he admitted?
12:50 Does fusionism have a political program?
14:52 Exceptions: the case of abortion
16:24 Sports betting, prohibition and the limits of law
17:40 Are liberalism and conservatism compatible?
19:06 Civil society vs. the big state
21:02 How to reverse the trend
23:03 The decline of local government
24:12 Closing
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