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" This may not be the place to ask, but I'd be fascinated to know what elements of a typical right-wing, nationalistic, neo-conservative worldview you think should be included in a "synthesis" with progressive or left wing views, furioso."
Half this country (US) labels themselves "conservative."
I do not consider Neocons conservatives. They are an abberation and an infection.
I do not think that political leaders represent the rank-and-file conservatives (non yahoos, racists, x-tian evangelists, etc), who are already showing signs of strong dissaproval (Iraq, Lies, Social Security).
In order to get the left back into power, they'll have to win back the voters they lost to the hand puppet in his first election. That won't happen without making them see that what the left offers is in their best interests. Continually condeming them for the sins of others, even when those sins are undeniably hideous and offensive, will not bring them back to sanity.
The left has lost much of its working class base (See "What's the Matter with Kansas?") and unless they find a way to reforge-remerge-resynthesize their platforms with those of the who have gone astray, then we'll be looking at Bushite bullshite for a great many years to come.
So I guess that's what I was getting at. Human level, not geopolitical. |
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