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What an ass, this is the same holier than thou crap from the left that got Trump in in the first place. "while the Trumpish hinterland languishes in resentment

by xupybd 10y ago

What an ass, this is the same holier than thou crap from the left that got Trump in in the first place. "while the Trumpish hinterland languishes in resentment and nostalgia." Come on these are people too and you can't just write them off as hill billies. They're not beyond reach if you try to reach them, but if you attack them they're gonna get alienated. Edit: I read the first few paragraphs and didn't read the rest. I now see I was totally wrong.

sciurus 10y ago
Having read the whole thing I think this editorial is rather silly, but you're not giving it a fair chance. The portion you quoted is the author paraphrasing someone else's argument. His very next sentence begins with the sentence "I respectfully dissent."
- antonvs 10y ago
  > Having read the whole thing I think this editorial is rather silly The solution is (probably) silly, although there are merits to the problem statement.
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allemagne 10y ago
Did you read the article?
- xupybd 10y ago
  To be honest I gave up at the point I quoted.
dctoedt 10y ago
The author, Ross Douthat, is no leftist; he's one of the house conservatives at the New York Times. You're missing the satiric tone of his "hinterland" comments. EDIT: Just saw your own edit; glad you re-read the article. Douthat's suggestion to distribute some now-centralized federal government functions to other cities is worth considering. It would make the American national society less vulnerable if Washington D.C. were to be taken out by a man-made or natural disaster. Of course, there'd be costs to consider as well, along with unforeseen consequences. EDIT: As to unforeseen consequences, liberal (and Nobel-laureate) economist Paul Krugman tweets: "Interesting piece. But if u think decentralizing govt will break hold of big cities, two words: Albany. Trenton." [0] [0] https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/846097749519093760 https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/846097749519093760

by xupybd 10y ago

sciurus 10y ago

Having read the whole thing I think this editorial is rather silly, but you're not giving it a fair chance. The portion you quoted is the author paraphrasing someone else's argument. His very next sentence begins with the sentence "I respectfully dissent."

antonvs 10y ago
> Having read the whole thing I think this editorial is rather silly The solution is (probably) silly, although there are merits to the problem statement.

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allemagne 10y ago

Did you read the article?

xupybd 10y ago
To be honest I gave up at the point I quoted.

dctoedt 10y ago

The author, Ross Douthat, is no leftist; he's one of the house conservatives at the New York Times. You're missing the satiric tone of his "hinterland" comments. EDIT: Just saw your own edit; glad you re-read the article. Douthat's suggestion to distribute some now-centralized federal government functions to other cities is worth considering. It would make the American national society less vulnerable if Washington D.C. were to be taken out by a man-made or natural disaster. Of course, there'd be costs to consider as well, along with unforeseen consequences. EDIT: As to unforeseen consequences, liberal (and Nobel-laureate) economist Paul Krugman tweets: "Interesting piece. But if u think decentralizing govt will break hold of big cities, two words: Albany. Trenton." [0] [0] https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/846097749519093760 https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/846097749519093760