"It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil." --John Maynard Keynes
By Barry Rubin
We
should always challenge the simplistic claims of the left--often echoed
by the simplistic, stereotyped response of the right, which falls into
the left's trap—about the nature, origin, and “liberalism” (rather than
radicalism) of its ideas.
Here's a simple chart:
Obama and the Obamites: We are true heirs of liberalism and it is good.
The Opposition: You are true heirs of liberalism and it is bad.
Me
and (hopefully) you: Wait just a moment there, Binky! You're radicals
pretending to be liberals and we can prove it. Centrists and real
liberals should be supporting the opposition today against you.
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Consider
John Maynard Keynes, who the current left claims as the patron of its
economic policies. Of course, there is some justification for this idea
but I believe Keynes would have been horrified by contemporary Obama
Administration policy. True, Keynes advocated high government spending
to stimulate economic growth. Let’s examine Keynes’ advice to President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt to see
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