[lbo-talk] Rethinking Liberalism

[Jim Straub]

You resolve the either/or dichotomy by proposing a strategy of
"neither/nor".  While appealing to left theology and dogma, this strategy
(which has been the main one used by all tendencies of the US left for
decades) shrinks and isolates the left at all turns possible.  Thanks to
this way of thinking, we are the generation that has brought the left to its
smallest state since the terms were first invented in the french revolution.

The left in the US, by being unwilling to ally with or otherwise engage with
any individual, organization or social grouping that already has the same
position as the left on all forms of imperialism and other evils, ensures
that it is only allowed to talk to, oh, say, .5% of our own population.
Huzza for the united front.


> Doug probably agrees with Fred Halliday that leftists should
> line up with liberals, even if they are imperialists ("Cooler
> Elites"), against religious, anti-imperialist populists who are
> fundamentally or may become illiberals
>
> Why is it either/or?  I do not think leftists should ally with
> those who support any kind of imperialism, sexual or otherwise.
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