Matt McManus
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Spelman College. Author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and other books.
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Matt McManus
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
· Mar 21
The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism
McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills.
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Check out my latest book "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" at the link below.
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The Rise of the Authoritarian-Curious
YouTube video by Then & Now
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February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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“May be preferable to Dave Smith”
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I guess gatekeeping and the lamestream media all of a sudden have virtues
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
“May be preferable to Dave Smith”
Jesus
Jesus
I guess gatekeeping and the lamestream media all of a sudden have virtues
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I guess gatekeeping and the lamestream media all of a sudden have virtues
Thanks
Just finished reading Mr. McManus's essay: www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...
And it is excellent. Highly recommend. It certainly makes me hunger for a leftist who can energize us sufficiently to wrest back control from the - I call them - fascists running the USA.
And it is excellent. Highly recommend. It certainly makes me hunger for a leftist who can energize us sufficiently to wrest back control from the - I call them - fascists running the USA.
Why Fascists Always Come for the Socialists First
Contrary to right-wing myths that the "Nazis were socialist," fascists despise socialism and want to destroy it. Here's why the left poses such a threat to them.
www.currentaffairs.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Thanks
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Just finished reading Mr. McManus's essay: www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...
And it is excellent. Highly recommend. It certainly makes me hunger for a leftist who can energize us sufficiently to wrest back control from the - I call them - fascists running the USA.
And it is excellent. Highly recommend. It certainly makes me hunger for a leftist who can energize us sufficiently to wrest back control from the - I call them - fascists running the USA.
Why Fascists Always Come for the Socialists First
Contrary to right-wing myths that the "Nazis were socialist," fascists despise socialism and want to destroy it. Here's why the left poses such a threat to them.
www.currentaffairs.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Just finished reading Mr. McManus's essay: www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...
And it is excellent. Highly recommend. It certainly makes me hunger for a leftist who can energize us sufficiently to wrest back control from the - I call them - fascists running the USA.
And it is excellent. Highly recommend. It certainly makes me hunger for a leftist who can energize us sufficiently to wrest back control from the - I call them - fascists running the USA.
Reposted by Matt McManus
Fier du soutien de leaders syndicaux qui ont consacré leur vie à défendre les travailleur·euses.
Ces syndicalistes savent que le NPD doit lutter pour des emplois dignes, une économie des soins forte et des solutions à la crise du coût de la vie.
Ensemble, bâtissons un parti de la classe ouvrière.
Ces syndicalistes savent que le NPD doit lutter pour des emplois dignes, une économie des soins forte et des solutions à la crise du coût de la vie.
Ensemble, bâtissons un parti de la classe ouvrière.
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Fier du soutien de leaders syndicaux qui ont consacré leur vie à défendre les travailleur·euses.
Ces syndicalistes savent que le NPD doit lutter pour des emplois dignes, une économie des soins forte et des solutions à la crise du coût de la vie.
Ensemble, bâtissons un parti de la classe ouvrière.
Ces syndicalistes savent que le NPD doit lutter pour des emplois dignes, une économie des soins forte et des solutions à la crise du coût de la vie.
Ensemble, bâtissons un parti de la classe ouvrière.
Great chatting
Half the Answer #64: Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the right's ideology of cruelty, and the power of regular people to puncture false claims from the government.
Half the Answer #64: Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself?
Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the loud and ugly voices on the right describ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Great chatting
Reposted by Matt McManus
Half the Answer #64: Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the right's ideology of cruelty, and the power of regular people to puncture false claims from the government.
Half the Answer #64: Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself?
Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the loud and ugly voices on the right describ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Half the Answer #64: Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the right's ideology of cruelty, and the power of regular people to puncture false claims from the government.
I appear with "Half the Answer" for @liberalcurrents.com to talk about ICE and the recent crackdowns
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Half the Answer #64: Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself?
Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the loud and ugly voices on the right describ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I appear with "Half the Answer" for @liberalcurrents.com to talk about ICE and the recent crackdowns
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-ans...
Great chatting
Here's @mattpolprof.bsky.social back on HTA
Half the Answer #64: Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the right's ideology of cruelty, and the power of regular people to puncture false claims from the government.
February 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Great chatting
Reposted by Matt McManus
Here's @mattpolprof.bsky.social back on HTA
Half the Answer #64: Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the right's ideology of cruelty, and the power of regular people to puncture false claims from the government.
Half the Answer #64: Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself?
Trent and Caitlin catch up with political science assistant professor Matt McManus. They discuss the narratives surrounding resistance in the twin cities, the loud and ugly voices on the right describ...
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Here's @mattpolprof.bsky.social back on HTA
Thanks!
I have a collage illustration in the latest issue of Commonweal: a rogue's gallery of brainworm-havers for
@mattpolprof.bsky.social's excellent review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social's excellent book on what these guys are up to (hint: it's not good). Read: www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
@mattpolprof.bsky.social's excellent review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social's excellent book on what these guys are up to (hint: it's not good). Read: www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Thanks!
Reposted by Matt McManus
I have a collage illustration in the latest issue of Commonweal: a rogue's gallery of brainworm-havers for
@mattpolprof.bsky.social's excellent review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social's excellent book on what these guys are up to (hint: it's not good). Read: www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
@mattpolprof.bsky.social's excellent review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social's excellent book on what these guys are up to (hint: it's not good). Read: www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I have a collage illustration in the latest issue of Commonweal: a rogue's gallery of brainworm-havers for
@mattpolprof.bsky.social's excellent review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social's excellent book on what these guys are up to (hint: it's not good). Read: www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
@mattpolprof.bsky.social's excellent review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social's excellent book on what these guys are up to (hint: it's not good). Read: www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
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He's just pissed that they're coming up with their own lies now instead of paying him for his.
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
He's just pissed that they're coming up with their own lies now instead of paying him for his.
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Trumpism is a personality cult. This is bad because the cultists have no loyalty to anything beyond Trump and no principles outside of pleasing Trump. But it also means Trumpism is unlikely to have much force without Trump himself.
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Trumpism is a personality cult. This is bad because the cultists have no loyalty to anything beyond Trump and no principles outside of pleasing Trump. But it also means Trumpism is unlikely to have much force without Trump himself.
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I have @nieaufgehenderrest.bsky.social to thank for this one since he introduced me to Shaul's work. That said, it might also be of interest to @mattpolprof.bsky.social & some of his followers.
www.erikhaines.org/p/integral-e...
www.erikhaines.org/p/integral-e...
Integral Epistemological Pluralism and the Nature-Spirit Problem
From the Parallax Gap to IACT Praxis
www.erikhaines.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I have @nieaufgehenderrest.bsky.social to thank for this one since he introduced me to Shaul's work. That said, it might also be of interest to @mattpolprof.bsky.social & some of his followers.
www.erikhaines.org/p/integral-e...
www.erikhaines.org/p/integral-e...
She's right. I'm annoyed the article poses as an "I told you so..." But not for the reasons given.
Plenty of libertarians opposed Trump from the beginning. But plenty didn't, and still don't. The Libertarian Party invited Trump to speak in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Plenty of libertarians opposed Trump from the beginning. But plenty didn't, and still don't. The Libertarian Party invited Trump to speak in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Opinion | Libertarians: We Told You So
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:19 PM
She's right. I'm annoyed the article poses as an "I told you so..." But not for the reasons given.
Plenty of libertarians opposed Trump from the beginning. But plenty didn't, and still don't. The Libertarian Party invited Trump to speak in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Plenty of libertarians opposed Trump from the beginning. But plenty didn't, and still don't. The Libertarian Party invited Trump to speak in 2024.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Never has a pairing seemed more on point
February 10, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Never has a pairing seemed more on point
My piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on Thomas Mann and the appeals of fascism to elites.
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Thomas Mann and the Temptations of Fascism
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes. Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
My piece for @jacobinmag.bsky.social on Thomas Mann and the appeals of fascism to elites.
Reposted by Matt McManus
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Thomas Mann and the Temptations of Fascism
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes. Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
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This image also once again reinforces my idea that we need philosopher trading cards.
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This image also once again reinforces my idea that we need philosopher trading cards.
The only endorsement for @avilewis.ca that matters to me
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The only endorsement for @avilewis.ca that matters to me