[lbo-talk] alternation

[Carl Remick]

>From: ravi <lbo at kreise.org>
>
>Just the other day (14/9/05 2:21 pm), Wojtek Sokolowski opined:
> >
> > The power of the right comes not from popular support and media spin...
>
>i am beginning to believe that the power of the right comes from certain
>basic characteristics of human biology and psychology... the need to
>form groups (and then bonds/loyalties within groups), the resistance to
>change, the limited ability to reason, etc.

There must be offsetting factors or humankind would still be a bunch of 
hunting parties living in caves.

E.g., what's up with Scandinavians?  Just over a millennium ago, they were 
the avatars of terrorism; as the Anglo-Saxon prayer went, "May God protect 
us from the fury of the Northmen!"  Today, "Scandinavian" is synonymous with 
the rule of sweet reason and the welfare state.  There is a continuing 
commitment to group interests throughout this saga, but the definition of 
group interest has evolved in this instance beyond the selfish combativeness 
extolled by conservatives.

Carl