Jeffrey Tucker made the mistake of believing the triumph of the cause of freedom was inevitable. COVID-19 suddenly changed that. The lockdown unleashed forces and demons that we thought we had contained long ago. The New York Times By stoking panic, they went against 100 years of public health advice.
In response to this adversity, Tucker Brownstone Instituteis an objective and deeply intellectual organization that values reason, knowledge, and above all else, an indomitable spirit. The institute explains the background to its establishment as follows:
The name brownstone derives from the flexible yet durable building stone (also known as “freestone”) that was popular in 19th-century American cities and was favored for its beauty, practicality, and strength. The Brownstone Institute believes that a great challenge of our time is to reconstruct the foundations of liberalism as classically understood, including the core values of human rights and freedom that were inalienable to Enlightened society.
The mission of the Brownstone Institute is to constructively address what happened, understand why it happened, discover and explain alternatives, and pursue reforms to prevent such an event from happening again. Lockdowns and mandates have set a precedent in the contemporary world. Without accountability, socio-economic institutions will collapse again.”
Jeffrey Tucker and David Scott are the authors of the ongoing great battle of ideas. COVID pandemic The importance of honesty knowledge In this world of deception and error.