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You can see Brooks' conservative roots in his analysis of governments damookster Send a noteboard - 23/08/2017 02:58:58 PM


In politics, the lows are lower than the highs are high. The harm government does when it screws up — wars, depressions — is larger than the benefits government produces when it does well. Therefore the moderate operates from a politics of skepticism, not a politics of faith.

This is my view of government in a nutshell. Yes, I am a centrist.

Mook

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What Moderates Believe The Shrike - 23/08/2017 01:14:34 PM 1267 Views
You can see Brooks' conservative roots in his analysis of governments damookster - 23/08/2017 02:58:58 PM 648 Views
I call myself a radical moderate random thoughts - 23/08/2017 03:53:18 PM 691 Views
Brooks is the person I usually agree with the most at the NYT. The Shrike - 23/08/2017 04:33:11 PM 583 Views
It isn't a universal truth, though - it may be valid in liberal democracies, but not everywhere. Legolas - 23/08/2017 06:56:29 PM 619 Views
I view governments like referees in sports damookster - 23/08/2017 07:06:47 PM 653 Views
Yeah. That's a better way of putting it. *NM* Legolas - 23/08/2017 08:09:11 PM 332 Views
Truth may be objective but reality isn't random thoughts - 23/08/2017 03:59:18 PM 566 Views
Polarization of both the Left and the Right The Shrike - 23/08/2017 04:35:24 PM 636 Views
If only we had a centrist media source random thoughts - 23/08/2017 05:15:13 PM 538 Views
No incentive in that aerocontrols - 23/08/2017 05:22:49 PM 848 Views
Great column, despite my quibble above. Legolas - 23/08/2017 07:03:31 PM 594 Views
I'm still hopeful about Macron. The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:25:31 PM 755 Views
The problem with getting a new party to break the two party lock Hieshyn - 23/08/2017 09:18:37 PM 787 Views
And Cash Money Aviendha - 24/08/2017 06:23:34 PM 614 Views
Both parties are more fractured than they have been in a very long time random thoughts - 24/08/2017 07:37:14 PM 604 Views
I was of the opinion that after Rand Paul was out of the primaries, Hieshyn - 24/08/2017 11:17:49 PM 588 Views
Sorry but no one one who wants to end social security has a chance too win random thoughts - 25/08/2017 02:19:12 AM 570 Views
Universal Basic Income may be the issue. The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:26:08 PM 553 Views
This is an excellent point. nossy - 25/08/2017 08:12:36 PM 658 Views
I think perhaps The Shrike - 25/08/2017 10:22:14 PM 657 Views
Moderates need a better narrative Tom - 24/08/2017 05:19:14 AM 543 Views
Rejecting the extremes aerocontrols - 24/08/2017 02:48:12 PM 602 Views
Does it matter why they're lukewarm? They're still going to get spewed out. Cannoli - 24/08/2017 01:08:30 PM 815 Views
Moderates are from Laodicea? damookster - 24/08/2017 01:37:44 PM 555 Views
Moderates are the Cheese Pizza of politics... Jeordam - 24/08/2017 05:17:55 PM 604 Views
That is a cure analogy but not really accurate random thoughts - 24/08/2017 05:38:54 PM 633 Views
You know what though? Aviendha - 24/08/2017 06:18:48 PM 637 Views
*laughs* Jeordam - 24/08/2017 07:03:58 PM 537 Views
Aviendha - 24/08/2017 07:13:53 PM 555 Views
That's one heck of an oven.... Jeordam - 24/08/2017 08:54:43 PM 571 Views
lets here it for libertarian pizza *NM* random thoughts - 24/08/2017 07:25:18 PM 372 Views
I won't eat cheese pizza. *NM* Tom - 24/08/2017 07:43:03 PM 346 Views
Cheese (Actually extra cheese pizza is my favorite) The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:29:41 PM 718 Views
I enjoyed this nossy - 24/08/2017 08:19:50 PM 701 Views
Kind of a "here is why we are screwed" *NM* random thoughts - 24/08/2017 08:51:00 PM 437 Views
Because from what you've written and said The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:28:46 PM 678 Views
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Ghavrel - 24/08/2017 10:53:44 PM 547 Views
Yes. You would. damookster - 25/08/2017 01:06:47 AM 692 Views
I long ago came to the conclusion that I'm generally conservative in my tastes. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 01:28:08 AM 550 Views
We'll make a conservative of you yet. Tom - 25/08/2017 02:36:01 PM 591 Views
I'd be an anarchosyndicalist, except that I have a basic working knowledge of history. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 03:47:35 PM 607 Views
I am unsurprised at your disagreement. The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:42:32 PM 640 Views
Re: I am unsurprised at your disagreement. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 11:01:56 PM 664 Views
Well now, this will get into the meaning of truth. The Shrike - 26/08/2017 01:04:14 AM 481 Views
Re: Well now, this will get into the meaning of truth. Ghavrel - 26/08/2017 01:16:56 AM 762 Views
I hope you don't mind me butting in on your conversation damookster - 26/08/2017 01:46:45 AM 570 Views
Guilty as charged. The Shrike - 26/08/2017 08:27:45 PM 618 Views
I'm a moderate/centrist insofar as the fact that I'm neither an overall leftist or rightist. LiterateDog - 25/08/2017 03:24:12 PM 537 Views
You know that communists are technically anti-statists, right? Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 03:57:37 PM 646 Views
Somehow I think Joe knows what purported Marxists say, and also what they do. *NM* aerocontrols - 25/08/2017 04:44:59 PM 425 Views
The academy is probably more anarchic left these days, really. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 11:09:19 PM 786 Views
Communism is an economic system. The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:55:26 PM 606 Views
It's more than that if you adopt an orthodox Marxist view. Ghavrel - 25/08/2017 11:07:03 PM 557 Views
Your argument sounded like this: Tom - 27/08/2017 03:20:43 PM 837 Views
Well, yes. Though I think you're conflating "communism" with "Marxism" here. Ghavrel - 27/08/2017 06:14:54 PM 899 Views
You believe in personal rights/freedoms. The Shrike - 25/08/2017 06:49:30 PM 599 Views
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