[lbo-talk] How to explain things to (right-wing) libertarians

[Carl Remick]

>From: andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>
>
>There is a lot of scholarly work on "getting to yes,"
>attorneys have to deal with this all the time. I have
>negotiated a dozen or more big money settlements where
>principle and honor as well as tens of millions or
>more were at stake. The overwhelming weight of
>empirical research, born out by my experience,
>indicates without exception that unless you are in an
>overwhelmingly strong position, basically able to
>unilaterally position to dictate terms, the strategy
>you advocate will not only fail, but it will will
>backfire and make implacable enemies out of potential
>allies. And only someone profoundly hostile to the
>very idea of democracy would describe coalition
>building as a "regrettable" necessity. I conclude that
>you are a closet Stalinist or Bushie. Your position is
>essentially Bush's. You could not possibly be more
>wrong.

Wow!  I'm impressed at the forensic firepower you marshall to demolish my 
humble layman's perception of bargaining, and I will defer to your legal 
training and experience.  There is no question in my mind that the actually 
existing legal profession -- especially your own field of corporate law -- 
is synonymous with profound *hospitality* "to the very idea of democracy" 
and plays the leading role in maintaining this society as a model of 
egalitarianism, giving effective voice to the will of the people.

Right now, for example, I stand in awe of how the US Congress, stuffed to 
the rafters with lawyers, is skillfully using the bargaining stance you 
advocate to capitalize on the overwhelming antiwar mandate of the last 
election and bring the Iraq debacle to a swift conclusive end while barring 
the door to any attack on Iran.  Yes sir, my hat's off to lawyers and their 
relentless commitment to the public good -- they're the salvation of 
humankind.  Bless you!

Carl


>--- Carl Remick <carlremick at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Conceding that coalition-building may be a
> > regrettable necessity, I think
> > experience shows that the secret to any kind of
> > successful bargaining is to
> > *start* from an extreme, unreasonable,
> > uncompromising position ;-)

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