----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Schwartz" <jkschw at hotmail.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 6:07 AM Subject: Re: Walzer on the Left
> And it is. But that tells you something about campuses. You want real
> liberal campuses, check out the tiny liberal arts schools, I don't mean
> Hillsdale, but Kalamazoo, Oberlin, Swarthmore. Fact is, there is a strong
> crrection between more higher ed and greater (practical) conservatism.
I know of similar studies, and the correlation breaks down when students get to graduate school.
> Bet Free and Cantrill's hypothesis holds of them, though.
I spoke with "them" on a daily basis and couldn't discern much support for liberal policies like a more progressive income tax and the expansion of welfare.
> Public outcray calls for organization and leadership, and there is no
> effective mass organization that speaks for the practical liberalism or
> progressivsim of American workers.
Bad phrasing on my part. I don't know very many people back home who opposed the rollback of AFDC in any manner. Considering that Michigan implemented some of the most draconian measures in its attempt to "reform" the system, this seems to contradict the claim that most Americans support progressive policies. Or do you know of any polls showing strong opposition to the end of welfare as we know it?
> Ferguson has a very good book called The Golden Rule which gives the
obvious
> and true answer in great detail with a lot of empirical support. The
golden
> rule is: Who has the gold, makes the rules.
And the next obvious question is why this answer has more predictive power in the US than Western Europe.
-- Luke
> jks
>
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