tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post4175571175545263414..comments2024-03-27T07:18:39.229-05:00Comments on In Medias Res: Applying Bertram's Left to AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-56551115546375563322011-06-07T16:56:15.305-05:002011-06-07T16:56:15.305-05:00Lind is not really that much on the Left. He suppo...Lind is not really that much on the Left. He supports the Vietnam War (still, today) which not even most conservatives would do nowadays. <br /><br />He might be a moderate social democrat on domestic economic policy, but he's definitey on the Right with respect to foreign policy.Hectorhttp://nsjaikumar@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-69417156137801280992011-06-03T09:46:55.251-05:002011-06-03T09:46:55.251-05:00Great post, Russell. In my heart of hearts I proba...Great post, Russell. In my heart of hearts I probably fall in the eco-localist camp, but like you said, end up supporting neoliberal Democrats by default because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate. Although, I've also become more tempered in my localism and more appreciative of the need for the national government to do certain things that local governments probably can't. Maybe this is in part because of the right wing's assaults on the pillars of the post-New Deal welfare state--something that requires, to my mind, a certain urgency in defending them. Not sure that all adds up to a coherent worldview.Leehttp://www.thinkingreed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-44354938372949350232011-06-02T07:32:19.130-05:002011-06-02T07:32:19.130-05:00Lind is an interesting case, Chris, as he's at...Lind is an interesting case, Chris, as he's attempted to cobble together, at different times, a wide range of left-leaning views. But yes, basically he'd fit best with group #2; I didn't mention him by name, but I did put a link to his (I think underrated) book, <i>The Next American Nation</i>, in there.Russell Arben Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366800726360134194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-31508910657083928492011-06-02T04:09:19.157-05:002011-06-02T04:09:19.157-05:00Probably showing my ignorance of the US here, but ...Probably showing my ignorance of the US here, but isn't Michael Lind, who sometimes writes in Salon, something like a classic group 2 person?Chris Bertramhttp://www.crookedtimber.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-46528258366668882592011-06-02T02:28:05.598-05:002011-06-02T02:28:05.598-05:00Thanks Russell. I'm currently ploughing throug...Thanks Russell. I'm currently ploughing through 60 exam scripts. When I'm done I'll try to write a reply to everyone.Chris Bertramhttp://www.crookedtimber.orgnoreply@blogger.com