The point that I make at http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html and at http://www.davidbrin.com/libertarianarticle1.html is that the old fashioned political 'left-vs-right' politcal axis is just plain stupid.
The points about romanticism in my tolkien article strike at right angles to conservatism/liberalism. Indeed, my poit at: http://www.davidbrin.com/progressparadoxarticle.html is that while many liberals PREACH a forward-looking attitude toward saving the world, they don't really want progress, because progress would be the enemy of urgency, the rush of being indignantly right. Conservatives are even stranger. Ever notice how many have pictures of Martin Luther King on their walls now? They cooo at Condaleeza Rice and would 99% vote for Colin Powell for president. They ARE capable of change. They just have two priorities. 1) no MORE change. Keep the reforms of yesteryear.. but then modify them so that... 2) the top 20,000 frat brothers and golf buddies can get richer and richer without providing any goods or services. Fie. These 'movements' are not worthy of 21st century minds. Still, I do know this. The democrats are varied. You'll get some bright, some not. But the Goppers have driven away all the homosapiens from their upper echelons. There are no more Dwight Eisenhowers and Barry Goldwaters. It's all frat boys, top to bottom. That's why our new Guv Ahnold frightens them so much. Not ONLY might he breed a new generation of BULLETPROOF KENNEDYS! But his inclusive and honest version of republicanism is the spectre of a branch of the party that the frat boys had been so sure they had made extinct. db ===== . . * Please note. My email address of many years is changing FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... (Or else use [EMAIL PROTECTED]) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
