Goodness gracious. I
leave you alone for a few moments while I try to deal with a vexing electricity
problem in my Paris apartment and when I return I find that all hell has broken
loose. Let us take a deep breath and
remember that the people you are excoriating [including myself, though that is
the least of it] are, in the larger scheme of things, so close to you on the
political spectrum that in any world that does not include a Dictatorship of
the Proletariat, they would have to be your allies in the enactment of even the
least controversial of your favorite proposals.
Short of taking up arms against a sea of troubles, which I
would imagine is not the preferred mode of social change in this corner of the
blogosphere, you are left with ground level organizing and electoral politics,
both of which succeed only when large numbers of people can be mobilized, many
of whom, alas, may not see things exactly as you do.
Let the process work for a while, do what you can and will
for the candidate, the policy proposal, or the global vision nearest and
dearest to your heart, and wait a bit to see how things shake out.
In any real world I can envision, all of us will be
comrades, though we may not all be lovers.
2 comments:
"...you are left with ground level organizing and electoral politics, both of which succeed only when large numbers of people can be mobilized, many of whom, alas, may not see things exactly as you do."
Exactly.
Professor Wolff could you please elaborate on 4.
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