I'm at the bottom of a long thread here, but if it's not too late, the only person I've ever read who could really describe the Right and the Left in America was Joe Bageant in his book "Deer Hunting with Jesus". It was a big loss when he died recently, because he also had a great blog.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Nick Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > Marcus, > > > > I guess I don’t follow. Perhaps others will clarify. > > > > Best, > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Marcus G. > Daniels > *Sent:* Friday, January 10, 2014 10:10 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] right vs left > > > > On 1/10/14, 6:28 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: > > (2) Second, given that understanding of what I agreed to, there ARE > examples where the rich are not as dominant as the rich are in our current > society. In fact, not long ago, we were such a society. > > For example ( > http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/03/27/outside-groups-spending-through-roof > ) > > " Outside groups, including super PACs and nonprofit organizations, have > spent almost four times more on the 2012 presidential campaign than > comparable organizations spent at the same point in the 2008 cycle, an > analysis of Federal Election Commission filings show." > > Your relativist argument (and evidence like above to support it), and also > historical observations made on this list have falsified "He who has the > gold rules." as literal proposition. Given that it is falsified, pop the > stack to go back to the discussion of how to have an individual from the > left and an individual from the right reconcile their views `rationally'. > Why ought he who has the gold rule? Why should property rights be > respected in all situations or even in any? Why should those that have > resources influence legislation? Why should the law be considered anything > more than a factor in risk and reward decisions? I'm happy to go down the > merry road of nihilism with you. Bring your favorite things. I'll wear > my cargo pants with lots of pockets. Oh, never mind that wrench I'm > carrying. I heard someone was having car trouble over the horizon. > > Marcus > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [email protected] mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merlelefkoff
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