[lbo-talk] Krugman: "The question then is why."

[Wojtek S]

Doug: "This is related to the argument I've been making for a long
time - that crises are not good for the left, since they make people
more defensive, insular, competitive, and focused on survival. Climate
change is going to add a whole new dimension to this."

[WS:] Again, I think it is a bit more complicated than that.  It
depend on specific social-economic conditions, existing political
institutions, and "uses and gratifications" that different political
ideologies offer to different groups of people who live under those
conditions.  The fact of the matter is that the traditional left
offers little uses and gratifications to anyone but certain elements
of the academia and literati class.

Wojtek