(Community Matters) Thought provoking National Affairs article flagged by Ross Garber.
I disagree that Pres O has shunned intellectual liberals but I do fear not more deliberately courting is resulting in less voter enthusiasm among our base.
over the last several days have been in dialogue with an articulate Libertarian, Brian Prasifka, who recommended David Mamet’s: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal.” There is much to agree with in Mamet’s piece, though I find an important underpinning metaphorically & literally flawed – that a play is better without a director. You don’t have a staged play without a director, without someone interpreting and staging the writers words and vision. I say this literally as both a producer and the husband of an award-wining playwright, metaphorically as a former business entrepreneur, banker, consultant and now a philanthropist.
No doubt about the varying motives and behaviors of people, though Libertarians and I have different opinions about the need for outside interventions. I don’t trust the outcomes of the strong over the weak – be it physical or economic. That is not the type of society I try to help build.
I concur with Brian’s and most Libertarian’s about the need for more accountability, and I agree in many places the government is too big and inefficient.
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