J.D. VANCE: Libertarians Don’t Understand Culture And Politics. I mean, he’s not wrong. As I get older, the biggest weakness of libertarianism seems to me that it takes culture for granted. The libertarian critique of politics is quite valid, but libertarian solutions to the problems the critique brings out don’t seem to fly very often in the real world.

That said, it’s also worth remembering that the tremendous progress we’ve seen, lifting people out of poverty all over the world in colossaly unprecedented numbers, isn’t the result of political programs but of (comparatively) free enterprise and free markets. You’ve got to give credit there, if you’re honest.