Safire: Seizing Dictatorial Power

[Chuck Munson]

Jeet Heer wrote:
> 
> Safire column is an interesting example of a larger tendency in recent
> years: the fact that the most vocal voices defending civil liberties in the
> United States often come from the libertarian/anti-statist right. That
> certainly is not the case in Canada or (I would imagine) in Europe. Why is
> this the case? Is it just an example of the marginalization of the left in
> the U.S., so that the only arguments that take place are between different
> strands of the right.

Actually, the left in the United States has been very vocal and has
engaged in lots of activism. The reason why the libertarians and the
right get more attention is because they either already have established
platforms in the mainstream media, or they have thinks tanks and
foundations to help them push their views.

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