tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post6566552739950450129..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: The Czech Election and Demise of the MainstreamJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-61302820083047364752017-10-23T06:31:10.767-04:002017-10-23T06:31:10.767-04:00@Verloren
Nobody despises the Bush admin foreign ...@Verloren<br /><br />Nobody despises the Bush admin foreign policy more than I do, but no, we didn't cause those conflicts. We helped take the lid off, and thus bear much responsibility--but the Middle Eastern conflicts themselves are much deeper than that.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-14374852433198290012017-10-22T23:15:32.703-04:002017-10-22T23:15:32.703-04:00@David
The bitter irony is that the West created ...@David<br /><br />The bitter irony is that the West created the recent immigration crisis by destabilizing the Middle East through senseless warfare, and a subsequent refusal to invest the time, effort, and resources necessary to clean up the messes we caused.<br /><br />We sowed the wind, and now we blame others for the whirlwind we reap.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-44757802903464747742017-10-22T18:35:54.630-04:002017-10-22T18:35:54.630-04:00No doubt that's true. But the cultural issues ...No doubt that's true. But the cultural issues are so hard that I think we should see how much we can improve the mood by economic actions. After all there is nothing new about the cultural issues, and we had better politics at some points in the past despite them.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-31751690733747752212017-10-22T14:14:10.782-04:002017-10-22T14:14:10.782-04:00Since two of the three main issues you cite, ident...Since two of the three main issues you cite, identity and immigration, are for the West essentially culture war issues, and since the economic inequality one has culture war aspects (Ayn Randism, cosmopolitanism, etc.), and since you add to the mix a general spiritual depression, it escapes me how you could say that culture war issues are distractions from what the West is really upset about. One may find the way the culture war is conducted undignified, unedifying, and unproductive, but behind it seems to lie the very issues that you think are central.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com