----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. WD" <mister.wd at gmail.com>
If morally-motivated left political projects produce good results, what could be the problem with them? I don't think Marx can give a satisfactory answer to this, but Nietzsche can -- this is his primary value to the left IMO. N.'s philosophy explains the advantages of viewing politics as a _power_ struggle rather than a moral struggle. When you view politics as a power struggle, the primary goal is not some abstract value like "equality" -- rather, equality, genuine democracy, etc. flow out of the working class seizing power.
-WD
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As power and genuine democracy are left utterly undefined it's extremely difficult to overcome the vagueness and polysemy of the terms.
Yours in agonistic pluralism,
Ian