tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5557667013980280521..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WHAT IS TO BE DONERobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-37443016890562683362017-07-08T09:44:43.854-04:002017-07-08T09:44:43.854-04:00After all these years I still like watching your m...After all these years I still like watching your mind work. Sometimes, like today, your exquisite argument leads to a conclusion I hold intuitively. But I'm still dazzled by the journey.Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83216246826390731662017-07-08T09:40:17.118-04:002017-07-08T09:40:17.118-04:00The speed with which Corbyn in the UK turned a ca....The speed with which Corbyn in the UK turned a ca. 12-point poll deficit to a 2-point deficit--it was about seven weeks--and the fact that the polls are now showing Labour <i>in the lead</i>, on the basis of a manifesto far to the left of the Overton window, and in face of almost universally hostile media, make me extremely optimistic that a majority can be brought round to support social-democratic policies, if the spokespeople are likeable, and the opposition weak. Hell, if Trump could do it.James Camien McGuigganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323424421768387480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-33738830137889746932017-07-08T01:39:02.146-04:002017-07-08T01:39:02.146-04:00The hair is not orange. You're thinking of the...The hair is not orange. You're thinking of the skin. Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998793914690685677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-80257830324616947712017-07-08T00:26:07.906-04:002017-07-08T00:26:07.906-04:00Raising the minimum wage is broadly popular across...Raising the minimum wage is broadly popular across the country. As are programs such as Social Security and Medicare and even Medicaid. According to Robert Reich, and the poll he cites therein, Medicare for all is favored by a good majority.<br />http://robertreich.org/post/162646676635<br /><br />While it is difficult to stomach the utter collapse and defeat of the sort of middling, pretendish left of center Clinton to the abomination, your posts do help to inspire some hope. Thank you, and I remain privileged and Blessed to serve as one of your readers of course.Jerry Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-51877928176245211282017-07-07T23:59:42.146-04:002017-07-07T23:59:42.146-04:00I am all for 'defending Obamacare' by tran...I am all for 'defending Obamacare' by transforming it into Medicare for All or some similar system! Might as well anyways- it is tough to defend in the present form, even though I benefit from it. Possibly benefit. If I got really sick and blew through the huge deductibles. Jerry Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-16250801133764826132017-07-07T18:59:45.376-04:002017-07-07T18:59:45.376-04:00Professor Wolff,
I have been reading your blog fo...Professor Wolff,<br /><br />I have been reading your blog for a long while now, and I agree with the bulk of what you say regarding politics in the US, but I have some disagreements with your view on Trump and Russia that I was wondering if you could address. As you have discussed on here before, Chomsky has argued that the one decent policy to come out of the Trump administration (or sentiment) is Trump's desire to have better relations with Russia. He believes this because, even if Trump's campaign coordinated with the Russians in the 2016 election, such a relationship could avert a nuclear war between the two powers.<br /><br />My concern with your view is this: even if we assume that Trump himself colluded with the Russian government in 2016 to win the Presidency, and even if Trump himself is under the control of Putin (a worst-case scenario), would this treasonous act not still be somewhat desired so as to avoid the very real threat of a US-Russia war which would result in nuclear catastrophe? Yes, treason is something to be taken seriously even in the formal democracy of the United States, but if this treason resulted in us avoiding a nuclear catastrophe, shouldn't we be at least hesitant to want Trump impeached (assuming that other figures/administrations would simply take the traditional, hostile stance towards Russia)? <br /><br />Thank you, Professor. I always enjoy reading your thoughts on these matters. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-58802691710174604772017-07-07T13:30:07.168-04:002017-07-07T13:30:07.168-04:00Hi Professor:
Are you overly dismissive of the te...Hi Professor:<br /><br />Are you overly dismissive of the tendency of the Republicans to lie and smooth over palpably cruel and exploitative policies and people to fool themselves or act contrary to their interests?<br />Such a problem worries me<br />It is impossible to rule out and impossible to calculate, and Barnum and Murphy are hand in hand on this matterhowie bnoreply@blogger.com