Thursday, February 16, 2006
Articles of Faith
For those bewildered by the current incoherence, Jerome Himmelstein's book To The Right patiently follows the transformation of American conservatism brought about by social movement entrepreneurs like Paul Weyrich.
While this and other writing on the madness of the US right-wing is worth our attention, though, it is useful to keep in mind that the alternate version of capitalist faith in the free market--otherwise known as neoliberalism--also offers a limited and dogmatic view of modern development that actively represses authentic democratic organizing and self-determination--what some of us would call freedom.
While this and other writing on the madness of the US right-wing is worth our attention, though, it is useful to keep in mind that the alternate version of capitalist faith in the free market--otherwise known as neoliberalism--also offers a limited and dogmatic view of modern development that actively represses authentic democratic organizing and self-determination--what some of us would call freedom.
