tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post7368276988047797366..comments2024-03-29T08:09:40.730-04:00Comments on Borepatch: The search for the Principled LeftBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-71834763931295457012010-08-20T15:20:45.315-04:002010-08-20T15:20:45.315-04:00OMG really good stuff there, thanks Ted!OMG really good stuff there, thanks Ted!NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-15183341223349217102010-08-20T15:06:48.983-04:002010-08-20T15:06:48.983-04:00Classical liberalism...Goodness, I thought it had ...Classical liberalism...Goodness, I thought it had died. I have always had great respect for populists, and consider myself one. I came to realize in my late teens/early twenties that the Left may pay lip service to populism, but the route to actual equality for the populace at large was somewhat more rightward than that. That, and as I've said elsewhere, I grew up poor and have seen that leftist social programs do nothing more than ensure an enduring lower class for our society.Sabrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13746486966764162127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-18616714573729732812010-08-20T14:57:24.258-04:002010-08-20T14:57:24.258-04:00Stan,
The guy is a solid leftist...one who seeks ...Stan,<br /><br />The guy is a solid leftist...one who seeks equality and fairness (He wrote a book about soccer as a non-sizist sport), and who discovered that traditional leftist methods don't lead there. <br /><br />I went the other way around... started as a libertarian and then concluded that the leftists had better goals, but atrocious methods.Aretaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15850678936908894274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-18754096040686190372010-08-20T14:00:12.644-04:002010-08-20T14:00:12.644-04:00A critical leftist is better than an elitist lefti...A critical leftist is better than an elitist leftist, but it's only a matter of degree, perspective, and in the choosing of your enemies (as in the enemy of my enemy is now my friend)<br /><br />I guess you could argue a leftist could also be a constutionalist in theory, but it seldom works out that way in actual practice.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682484589058747783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-33381860121363659602010-08-20T11:22:38.476-04:002010-08-20T11:22:38.476-04:00He sounds closer to libertarian than anything else...He sounds closer to libertarian than anything else, in my opinion.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.com