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You've captured one of my chief frustrations with the left. There's an overwhlming focus on analyzing what is wrong but so little stategizing to give people con
by corinroyal 5y ago
You've captured one of my chief frustrations with the left. There's an overwhlming focus on analyzing what is wrong but so little stategizing to give people concrete actions to take that could improve matters. Too much explanation just depresses people rather than motivates them to make changes. Still, Doctorow's analysis is spot-on here and he does more strategizing than many.
- Proven 5y ago
- ajmurmann 5y agoAs a self-identifying neoliberal I share a similar observation and frustration. I think it was Adam Gopnik who pointed out that the left is great at pointing it problems, but bad at developing solutions. If they have a solution it's often too simplistic sand tries to go directly to the goal, ignoring all side effects. My canonical example here is rent control. The right on the other hand tends to deny that any problem exists or more recently just tries to rewind the clock. I now notice this frequently and it's quite disheartening.