left conservatism

[Jim heartfield]

In message <13706.35103.515733.935095 at homer.dejanews.com>, William S.
Lear <rael at dejanews.com> writes
>On Fri, June 19, 1998 at 16:10:22 (+0100) Jim heartfield writes:
>>...
>>In my terminology left-conservatives exhibit the following
>>characteristics:
>>...
>>2. A preference for state action over independent initiative
>
>Would a left-progressive show a preference for collective action over
>independent initiative?
>
>
>Bill
I don't see independent and collective as mutually exclusive. One of the
myths of the left, it seems to me, has been that the state embodies the
collective will, whereas in fact state-led reforms have more often led
to atomisation and isolation (I'm thinking of the welfare state
experience in Britain).
-- 
Jim heartfield