Twinkling

Brad DeLong jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu
Thu Feb 14 11:23:55 PST 2002



>Bradford DeLong wrote:
>
>>>I thought Cooper's piece was a pile of crap -- why spend the first part of
>>>precious space about PA on trashing domestic folks
>>
>>
>>Its part of the process of molting that turns one into a
>>neoconservative. First one finds the attempted implementations of
>>"non-hierarchical participatory democracy" (i) boring. Then one
>>finds them (ii) counterproductive and time-wasting. Then one finds
>>them (iii) culturally offensive. Then one finds them (iv)
>>manipulative and deceitful. Then one finds them (v) totalitarian.
>>
>>Nathan is still at stage (i). I am at stage (ii). Cooper is clearly
>>sliding from stage (iii) into stage (iv). And by the time one
>>reaches stage (v), one starts writing for _Commentary_ and the
>>_National Review_.
>
>Where one is finally free of the offensive, manipulative, deceitful,
>and totalitarian?
>
>Doug

I wouldn't know. I'm only at stage ii...



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