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Rand Paul
politician · 3 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Rand Paul appears only as a passing reference in the course materials, cited alongside Reagan and Thatcher as a contemporary politician who has echoed cyberlibertarian critiques of government as inherently totalitarian. His presence marks how anti-state ideology rooted in figures like Rothbard has permeated mainstream political rhetoric, though the readings don't develop his thought in detail. The citation situates him within a genealogy of libertarian skepticism toward centralized power that intersects with broader anxieties about algorithmic governance and control in the course's frame.
Mentioned in 2 readings
Appears alongside
People mentioned in the same passages — sorted by co-occurrence weight.
Ron Paul 3Chip Berlet 1Claire Conner 1David Friedman 1Friedrich Hayek 1Jill Lepore 1Ludwig von Mises 1Margaret Thatcher 1Mark Ames 1Matthew Lyons 1Michael Perelman 1Milton Friedman 1Murray Rothbard 1Philip Mirowski 1Ronald Reagan 1Sara Diamond 1Cox 1Kelly 1Schroeder 1Shoff 1Carl Schmitt 1Jesus 1Peter Thiel 1René Girard 1Ted Cruz 1