[lbo-talk] Michael Lind

[David Green]

I listened to Doug's interview from last week with Michael Lind. He's never 
interested me--he peddles the tired "progressive" TR notion of a "new 
nationalism," devoid of class struggle, which he can never mention--not even 
class alone, not even when he's defining the Democratic Party base, which 
consists of black and Hispanic ethnics, not poor people. I don't think we need 
people like Lind to come up with the idea of investment in infrastructure. I 
think you need a five-year-old of average intelligence. Certainly, Lind's 
concerned about the rise in financial interests, but I don't think he has a clue 
as to why this is. So he gave up being a neocon when the Cold War ended--now he 
doesn't mention foreign policy--too divisive, I guess. And always the assumption 
that somehow Obama just isn't playing his cards right in dealing with the 
Republicans. I don't get what makes this guy the least bit interesting, 
insightful, or helpful.

DG