But why certain conservatives would take comfort in such analysis--check out the SDA thread for the usual smug commentary and belches of self-satisfaction--is a mystery to me.
It seems to me that many of these - especially the type that frequent SDA - have convinced themselves that they live in a socialist dystopia; one that even the Thatchers and Reagans and Harrises are powerless to overthrow. Any sign of social decay, therefore, can be laid at the feet of "the Left".
At which point, of course, "the Left" becomes a floating signifier, standing for anything and everything disliked by the Right, and thus losing any analytical content whatsoever.
These "mugged by reality types" who go on about the trauma of 9/11 when "everything changed" strike me as incomparably thick. I doubt these people said anything insightful before 9/11, but I'm not that motivated to find out.
It's amazing. I'll go read the article. Alienation from other human beings blamed on "the left" - interesting, indeed .....
One interesting point is that it has got so bad that these people have finally acknowledged its existence, though, having done so and feeling constrained to proffer some kind of explanation, they blame it on "the left".
You are right about building back a sense of community. You left out the call for more social spending to put this into effect. Everyone knows that social spending builds communities. Go get 'em, Dr.Dawg!
Social spending by itself is insufficient. It needs sense and planning behind it. Like this:
http://www.canada.com/ottawaciti...a3-
6b71a1c2564c
Whaddya think, Mayor? Work in Mitchieville?
The term "community of communities" jumped out at me. Was that not the term Joe Clark and the Tories used in the 1979 campaign to describe their vision of Canada?
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