The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain

The Overflowings of a Liberal Brain

(Audio) Your Spare Room Is Not Public Policy

On hypocrisy, category errors and the difference between advocating a policy and personally implementing it

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Helen Pluckrose
Aug 13, 2026
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Today, I came upon a note on Substack which claimed that somebody who believes that housing should be treated as a human right in public policy but does not take homeless people into their own home is not being true to their principles. This kind of argument appears repeatedly on both left and right. It is a category…

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