again: there is an authoritarian coalition between progressives and conservatives developing, and anti-authoritarian liberals need to find a way to stand outside of it, while rejecting the duality presented by libertarians, who are not allies.

this is going to be a very difficult decade for liberals, as we watch the progressive movement be absorbed by the conservative movement (the primary vehicle for this will probably be the democratic party). what emerges from this process will be a natural expression of the authoritarian tendencies within progressivism, but will not be acceptable to liberals. what emerges will consequently be a permanent schism between progressives and liberals on authoritarian lines, which means issues where progressives and liberals diverge along the authoritarian axis - things like speech and approaches to crime prevention and law enforcement.