Socialism & Ecology in Japan-Look back to '47

[Brad De Long]

>Brad De Long wrote:
>
>>Of course I support the broad outlines of U.S. occupation policy in 
>>Japan. It appears to have worked damned well--unless you think 
>>freedom of speech, regular elections, and material prosperity are 
>>bad things.
>
>So a "liberal" order always rests on a founding coercion?
>
>Doug

Of course not! It rests on a unanimous contract between rational and 
reasonable beings deliberating in an ideal speech situation behind a 
veil of ignorance!

Though the tree is poisoned, its fruit is pretty tasty... at least, 
pretty tasty relative to the fruit of the other, more-badly poisoned 
trees out there...

Brad DeLong