>Don't you find it even remotely likely that there might be irreconcilable
>differences which do not reduce to class differences?
Of course its possible, though "differences" are something different to the "conflicts of interest" I was referring to. Though there might even be irreconcilable conflict of interest that are not down to class, I can't think of any, but perhaps you have something in mind?
>And this does not really need to be a matter of logically contradictory
>positions. Reconciliation might not be something people are emotionally or
>socially disposed to do; and that's fine in many situations. Surely this is
>something which we would desire our political system to allow. More
>importantly, reconciliation might fail a 'cost benefit' analysis: The gains
>from reconciling parties might be much less impressive than the time and effort
>reconciliation will require.
Surely. It would be a boring world if everyone agreed on everything. Life wouldn't be worth living.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas