Unfashionable Truths

A Realist’s Reckoning with Morality, History, Power, and Human Nature

By Edward Campbell

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The Giants We Stand On

A Moral Reckoning with the Founders at 250
3 hrs ago • Edward Campbell

Conquest Everywhere: The New World Was No Eden

Empire, Conquest, and Slavery in the Pre-Columbian Americas
Jun 17 • Edward Campbell

The Overcorrection: A Culture of Self-Repudiation

How the West Turned Against Its Own Inheritance
Jun 10 • Edward Campbell

When the West Forgot Itself

The 20th Century's Moral Collapse and Recovery
Jun 3 • Edward Campbell

The Forgotten History of Islamic Slavery

The Other Slave Trade That Almost No One Talks About
May 27 • Edward Campbell

Kinship: What Travels, What Doesn’t

When kinship crosses borders, social trust does not automatically travel with it
May 6 • Edward Campbell

Kinship: The Enemy of Progress

Strong family ties built the ancient world. They are the enemy of the modern one.
Apr 29 • Edward Campbell

The Empire That Fought to End Slavery

Britain, abolition, and the moment power chose restraint
Apr 22 • Edward Campbell

The European Ascendancy: How the West Surged Ahead of the Rest

Europe fused competition, culture, and innovation into institutions that made progress compound
Apr 15 • Edward Campbell

The European Ascendancy: The Psychology of Progress

How cultural evolution turned knowledge into a cumulative force
Apr 8 • Edward Campbell

The European Ascendancy: Why Competition Became Innovation

How Rivalry Turned Knowledge into Power
Apr 1 • Edward Campbell

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Unfashionable Truths

A Realist’s Reckoning with Morality, History, Power, and Human Nature