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<DIV>I’m wary of everyone & their facts. Easy to write off things you
disagree with by calling the author a liar. But few are totally correct or
in error. Buchanan’s Chapts 8 & 11 were well worth throwing into play, and
he’s solidly against preemptive war which should get a few points 2 make up for
his derision of multiculturalism.</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=lumpoflabor@gmail.com
href="mailto:lumpoflabor@gmail.com">Sandwichman</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 25, 2011 9:04 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [P2P-F] Fukuyama on the absent left</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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if you agreed with Buchanan's politics (God forbid), you should be wary of his
"facts." He lies in a very discrete way, citing as "sources" sources that his
real sources have egregiously and maliciously misquoted. In plain terms that is
plagiarism. Lying plagiarism.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 6:46 AM, Natalie Golovin <SPAN
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<DIV>Suggest “The Origins of Political Order” by Fukuyama & “Currency
Wars” for p2p’s New Years Reading List. Buchanan’s “Suicide of a Superpower”
is full of facts-but not ones that would please the majority of readers.</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=michel@p2pfoundation.net
href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target=_blank>Michel Bauwens</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 25, 2011 6:02 AM</DIV>
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<DIV class=h5>a nice displacement <g><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Apostolis
Xekoukoulotakis <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:xekoukou@gmail.com"
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Peter Mazsa <SPAN
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class=gmail_quote>FYI:<BR><BR>"[...] It has been several decades since
anyone on the left has been<BR>able to articulate, first, a coherent
analysis of what happens to the<BR>structure of advanced societies as
they undergo economic change and,<BR>second, a realistic agenda that has
any hope of protecting a<BR>middle-class society.<BR><BR>The main trends
in left-wing thought in the last two generations have<BR>been, frankly,
disastrous as either conceptual frameworks or tools for<BR>mobilization.
Marxism died many years ago, and the few old believers<BR>still around
are ready for nursing homes. The academic left replaced<BR>it with
postmodernism, multiculturalism, feminism, critical theory,<BR>and a
host of other fragmented intellectual trends that are more<BR>cultural
than economic in focus. Postmodernism begins with a denial of<BR>the
possibility of any master narrative of history or
society,<BR>undercutting its own authority as a voice for the majority
of citizens<BR>who feel betrayed by their elites. Multiculturalism
validates the<BR>victimhood of virtually every out-group. It is
impossible to generate<BR>a mass progressive movement on the basis of
such a motley coalition:<BR>most of the working- and lower-middle-class
citizens victimized by the<BR>system are culturally conservative and
would be embarrassed to be seen<BR>in the presence of allies like
this.<BR><BR>Whatever the theoretical justifications underlying the
left’s agenda,<BR>its biggest problem is a lack of credibility. Over the
past two<BR>generations, the mainstream left has followed a social
democratic<BR>program that centers on the state provision of a variety
of services,<BR>such as pensions, health care, and education. That model
is now<BR>exhausted: welfare states have become big, bureaucratic,
and<BR>inflexible; they are often captured by the very organizations
that<BR>administer them, through public-sector unions; and, most
important,<BR>they are fiscally unsustainable given the aging of
populations<BR>virtually everywhere in the developed world. Thus, when
existing<BR>social democratic parties come to power, they no longer
aspire to be<BR>more than custodians of a welfare state that was created
decades ago;<BR>none has a new, exciting agenda around which to rally
the masses.<BR><BR>AN IDEOLOGY OF THE FUTURE<BR><BR>Imagine, for a
moment, an obscure scribbler today in a garret<BR>somewhere trying to
outline an ideology of the future that could<BR>provide a realistic path
toward a world with healthy middle-class<BR>societies and robust
democracies. What would that ideology look like?<BR><BR>[...] the agenda
it put forward to protect middle-class life could not<BR>simply rely on
the existing mechanisms of the welfare state. The<BR>ideology would need
to somehow redesign the public sector, freeing it<BR>from its dependence
on existing stakeholders and using new,<BR>technology-empowered
approaches to delivering services. It would have<BR>to argue
forthrightly for more redistribution and present a realistic<BR>route to
ending interest groups’ domination of politics. [...]"<BR><BR><A
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