[lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism in America

Dennis Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Wed Sep 13 12:35:06 PDT 2006


Colin Brace forwarded:


> Bush's Useful Idiots
> Tony Judt on the Strange Death of Liberal America
>
> Why have American liberals acquiesced in President Bush's catastrophic
> foreign policy?

Because they love their Empire, cherish their Empire, and are willing to go down with the ship of Empire. It's just that this Empire is sinking fast, so the scurrying of the rats is more visible than usual.

I was just rereading John Stuart Mill, of all people, and it struck me how the classic UK liberals were not just implicated in imperialism, they were its greatest fans.

-- DRR



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