// SUBREDDIT_PROFILE
r/politicalphilosophy
› A subreddit for the discussion of political philosophies and theories from the likes of Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Hume, Kant, Burke, Thoreau, Nietzsche, Rawls, and Arendt. Or for just talking, seriously, about politics, i.e. respectable in-depth discussion, don't vote someone down simply because you disagree. Treat this subreddit as though the people that you are talking with are gathered in the same room with you.
// MEMBERS
38,186
› subscribers
// POSTS_INDEXED
401
› analyzed records
// COMMUNITY_AGE
18y
› since 2008-10-06
// STATUS
[ok] active
› feed indexed
// QUICK_ACTIONS
// Recent posts in r/politicalphilosophy
[ latest we indexed · by upvotes ]- 01 On liberal democracy and the state in a capitalist society ↑ 2 · 2026-11-01
- 02 Why Geography Alone Does Not Make a Superpower ↑ 2 · 2026-11-01
- 03 Jeremy Bentham (in-)famously called natural rights "nonsense upon stilts", and used this thesis to critique Thomas Jefferson's U.S. Declaration of Independence. If you could ask the mummified icon his thoughts on the UDHR, what would he likely have to say about the universal human rights... ↑ 2 · 2026-11-01
- 04 What do we owe future generations? ↑ 1 · 2026-11-01
- 05 A World Revolution Could End Wars — We Share One Planet, One Future, and One Social Nervous System ↑ 1 · 2026-11-04
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// FAQ [ 3 entries ]
01 › What is r/politicalphilosophy about? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/politicalphilosophy is a Reddit community with 38,186 members. A subreddit for the discussion of political philosophies and theories from the likes of Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Hume, Kant, Burke, Thoreau, Nietzsche, Rawls, and Arendt. Or for just talking, seriously, about politics, i.e. respectable in-depth discussion, don't vote someone down simply because you disagree.
Treat this subreddit as though the people that you are talking with are gathered in the same room with you.
02 › How active is r/politicalphilosophy? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
r/politicalphilosophy has 38,186 subscribers and 401 posts in our index. It was created on 2008-10-06, 18 years ago.
03 › Which subreddits are similar to r/politicalphilosophy? [ expand ↓ ] [ collapse ↑ ]
Other News & Politics communities of a similar size include r/geopoliticsindia (40,518 members), r/ndp (39,680 members), r/kommunismus (39,660 members), r/poverty (39,446 members). Each is listed with its own subscriber and post counts in the related communities section above.