Yoshie Furuhashi:
> Chuck's point seems to be that if Americans can't learn to *fight the
> Democrats in power*, our opposition to neoliberalism won't get
> anywhere; and that with the Republicans in power, we would be still
> fighting (together with the Democrats, alas) against the views that
> *shouldn't* belong to the twenty-first century to begin with (like
> opposition to abortion), without getting around to fighting against
> neoliberalism. Those who have argued with Chuck haven't really
> responded to his thesis.
I pointed out (conclusively, I think) a fundamental weakness in a major premise of his theory, that his singular vote would significantly influence the election in the sense of selecting the right adversary. The chances of it doing so are so remote as to be completely inconsequential. As a result, other costs and benefits must be considered, for example Nathan's public-influence model (dubious as far as I can see) or my aesthetic and moralistic model (very practical, with an immediate, verifiable payoff).