tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post287297002731487307..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: To Live and Die In the Divided States of AmericaThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-31668440524001340572017-09-29T18:43:57.207-07:002017-09-29T18:43:57.207-07:00I've been slowly digesting that old book of pr...<br />I've been slowly digesting that old book of progressivist lectures from 1907, hoping there'll be some light shining the path out of this neoliberal nightmare.There's much wisdom in it, really inspiring stuff. However today as I worked on my daily reading budget, a discussion about the lethal effects on democracy if government strayed from the public interest in favour of special interests, I was struck with the worrisome thought, a doubt about whether we've already become so immersed in this rancid economic ideology that there's no practical way out.<br /><br />For some reason this kindled a memory of times when I was out sportfishing on these cold Pacific waters when I would look to the shore and wonder if I had to swim could make it before I succumbed to hypothermia.<br /><br />I just don't know if we, as a people, have the stamina for that sort of ordeal. I'm not even sure we have the stomach for something of that magnitude. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71243957307150851112017-09-29T18:14:11.496-07:002017-09-29T18:14:11.496-07:00Jeez, Mound, how did the Yanks ever get themselves...Jeez, Mound, how did the Yanks ever get themselves, and the rest of us, into this mess?Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-69420122340319176312017-09-29T11:46:35.802-07:002017-09-29T11:46:35.802-07:00C'mon, Krugman, Trump will tell you that you&#...C'mon, Krugman, Trump will tell you that you've got this all backwards. Being Preznint means other people focus on <i>your needs</i>, like getting two scoops of ice cream when everyone else gets one.<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com