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“Oh Concensus - The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one obj
by sideproject 5y ago
“Oh Concensus - The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?'” - Margaret Thatcher
- onethought 5y agoThis assumes that consensus is achieved by cutting or subtracting from the original idea rather than adding/enhancing it.
- ximm 5y agoThat sounds much more like a description of compromise rather than consensus.
- cybersvenn 5y agohttps://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/margaret-thatcher-and-the-rejection-of-consensus-a-rejection-of-democracy/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/margaret-thatcher-...
- dgb23 5y agoHow ironic!
- rdiddly 5y agoPerformatively resolute as always, Maggie!