[lbo-talk] devolution

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jan 5 08:40:15 PST 2009


On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:09 AM, SA wrote:


> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> Bad news...this is just pissing the money away.
>
> This is why the whole idea of post-ideological progressivism is
> bankrupt even on its own terms. The Republicans have an ideology
> that can explain why tax cuts are better than spending as a matter
> of principle. (It's your money, etc.) The New Pwog Movement has
> nothing like that to explain why spending is better than tax cuts.
> They're terrified by the very idea of enunciating one. When the
> other side has an argument and you don't, you lose - even when you
> hold the White House, 59 Senate seats, and a big majority in the
> House.

Yup. And when you're disposed to compromise rather than fight, that only compounds the problem. Of course, you can't fight if you don't really believe in anything.



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