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the comment is, I believe, not about importance but about the relative strength of those ideas in American society. How much ink needs to be spilled defending

by rtpg 2y ago

the comment is, I believe, not about importance but about the relative strength of those ideas in American society. How much ink needs to be spilled defending ideas that have huge amount of backing, even among people who theoretically are ideologically opposed to it? Elizabeth Warren calling herself a capitalist is a pretty strong indicator of how much capitalist realism has taken hold. It's like Bezos sending out a note saying that editors need to go out to promote not kicking dogs. Even amongst the supposed enemies of free markets, if you ask them enough questions so many people in the US still basically believe in it. Especially among the Post's readership!

WillPostForFood 2y ago
The ideas don't seem to have much backing within the cultural elite (perhaps hypocritically as they benefit from the system), mainstream media, and certainly not the Washington Post. Also declining backing from both political parties.
- rtpg 2y ago
  While for a conservative it might look like the cultural elite is opposed to these ideas, for someone who is more to the left, the "big tent" on economic issues between the 'cultural elite' and more conservative elements feels much more present. Price fixing was done during World War 2. Actual, real price fixing. Harris talking about a tiny version of that with an anti-price gouging bill during the campaign got the following headline: "When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?" There is an entire world of political and economic positions that exist that are not represented in the pages of the Post. And on the left, not only could you fit entire major ideologies to the left of the leftmost US newspaper op-ed writers, you could _fit entire ideologies to the left of those ideologies_.
  - WillPostForFood 2y ago
    "There is an entire world of political and economic positions that exist that are not represented in the pages of the Post" I agree, but the case here isn't for fringe views, it is for more balance and debate within the big tent.

by rtpg 2y ago

WillPostForFood 2y ago

The ideas don't seem to have much backing within the cultural elite (perhaps hypocritically as they benefit from the system), mainstream media, and certainly not the Washington Post. Also declining backing from both political parties.

rtpg 2y ago
While for a conservative it might look like the cultural elite is opposed to these ideas, for someone who is more to the left, the "big tent" on economic issues between the 'cultural elite' and more conservative elements feels much more present. Price fixing was done during World War 2. Actual, real price fixing. Harris talking about a tiny version of that with an anti-price gouging bill during the campaign got the following headline: "When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?" There is an entire world of political and economic positions that exist that are not represented in the pages of the Post. And on the left, not only could you fit entire major ideologies to the left of the leftmost US newspaper op-ed writers, you could _fit entire ideologies to the left of those ideologies_.
- WillPostForFood 2y ago
  "There is an entire world of political and economic positions that exist that are not represented in the pages of the Post" I agree, but the case here isn't for fringe views, it is for more balance and debate within the big tent.