The anarchists are better on criticism than on construction. People need a state for social insurance, public enterprise, and macro-economic policy.
Self-activity and freedoms are good things.
De-centralization is nice when it works. Imagine if sex was centralized.
What's wrong with a giant Sweden? Good social protection, income redistribution, doesn't invade other countries.
Thus spake Maxathustra.
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Wojtek Sokolowski Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:19 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: RE: [lbo-talk] Poor, white and pissed II
Chuck
> The reasons for this are very simple. The American Left, broadly
> speaking (including liberals), is not going to regain a widespread
> constituency until it adopts a populist, i.e. *libertarian*, program
> and rhetoric. This means that in order to beat the right wing, the
> Left has to look more anarchist or libertarian leftist.
In other words, become more right wing than the current right wingers. Burn the village to save it? What is the point?
Wojtek
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