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Why do we need a third way? What's wrong with socialism?<br>
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Joanna<br>
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Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="blue"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">Jerry:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="blue"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lakoff is not much
different. <font color="blue"><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">[WS:] Depends. _<i><span
style="font-style: italic;">Don’t think of an elephant</span></i>_ is not
bad. My sister, who teaches linguistics in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Poland</st1:country-region>, tells me that he is some kind of
small celebrity in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">Carl:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">The "<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Third Way</st1:address></st1:Street>," that's a positive example?
I thought that tired trope had <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">been stuffed, mounted and put on display at the
William J. Clinton <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">Presidential Library and Museum. The blather of
a bygone age.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">[WS:] Do not think of its contents.
Think of an attempt to offer a positive alternative to the ideology of the
market instead of the usual blather of konstant kvetching. You cannot win
people’s hearts and minds by chronic complaints ( I serve as a reminder of
that on this list ;)), you need to give them something positive that will
“make sense” of the world for them and at the same time give them hope for
the future – just like the market ideology does, only better. Doom saying
is too depressing for most people. Ranting may get people’s attention, but
it is unlikely to hold it for very long. People will not reject something
they already have, no matter how bad, unless they have a constructive and
positive alternative that looks better than what they now have (it called
‘endowment effect’ in economics.) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">The recent pathetic defeat of the
Democratic party is a case in point. Kerry lost because all he could offer
was feeble Bush-bashing and nothing in its stead, or at least nothing that
looked much different than the Repug spin.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">PS. I mentioned few possibilities
for such a positive alternative on this list, but there was no interest.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3"
color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; color: blue;">Wojtek<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><span
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