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Laddar... The Conservatives Have No Clothes: Why Right-Wing Ideas Keep Failing (utgåvan 2007)av Greg Anrig
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Although the book was published in 2007, it tells a story that is important for today. it looks closely at the many things conservatives have promoted as successful examples of their ideology in practice and finds that they have in reality been major failures. The analysis of these examples is invaluable. ( ) Anrig's basic points are as follows: The Conservative goal: To enable the wealthiest segment of society to become ever more wealthy through (1) the elimination of government regulations that restrict the ability to maximize profits; (2) the elimination of taxes and the public programs those taxes fund; and (3) the marginalization of government altogether. The Conservative Dilemma: How can this be accomplished in a one person/one vote democracy if the wealthiest segment of society constitutes a small minority of voters? The Conservative Solution: 1. Identify a legitimate public problem (terrorism, failing schools, etc.). 2. Redefine the problem in a way that will (a) take the public's attention away from the true roots of the problem and the possibility of true remedies and (b) point toward "remedies" that will benefit the wealthiest members of society . These "remedies" always involve weakening or eliminating the role of government on domestic issues, strengthening corporate/military/industrial power, and/or weakening civil liberties and legal protection of the general public and/or environment. The Conservative response when their "remedies" fail: 1. Tell the "Big Lie:" "The remedy IS working." 2. Keep repeating that although the remedy hasn't worked yet, it will work eventually. 3. Sigh with exasperation and state that the remedy would have worked if only the liberals would not have been such obstructionists. 4. Roll your eyes and state that there is only so much that government can do -- "People have to be the solution." It's really worth reading this book to see how this conservative strategy is utilized time after time, from Katrina, to Iraq, to the public school system, etc. . inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Why conservatism equals terrible government-and always will ""Ending the conservative era requires organizing, yes, but also hard thinking and shrewd analysis. When progressives of the future look back at how they triumphed, one of the people they'll thank is Greg Anrig. Drawing inspiration from the work of the early neoconservatives who demolished public support for liberal programs, Anrig casts a sharp eye on conservative ideas and nostrums and shows that many of them simply don't work because they are rooted more in ideological dreams than in reality. Facts are stubborn things, Ronald Reagan once said, and Anrig makes good use of them in this important and engaging book."" -E. J. Dionne, syndicated columnist and author of Why Americans Hate Politics ""Greg Anrig's wide-ranging and perceptive book looks beyond the ideology of the right and offers a persuasive account of the many policy failures that have emerged out of the conservative movement. Anrig has put the Bush administration and the right to a test that they themselves have carefully avoided. He has held them accountable not for their ideas, but for their performance."" -Alan Brinkley, Allan Nevins Professor of History, Columbia University ""In this well-researched and witty book, Anrig critiques 'right-wing ideas' by examining what the policies and programs that embodied them have wrought over the last three decades.While giving several conservative ideas their due, he finds their record to be mixed at best."" -John J. DiIulio Jr., political science professor and first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives ""With fastidious research and unimpeachable facts, Greg Anrig establishes the sound proposition that competent governance is incompatible with disbelief in government. The odd combination of the religious right dictating personal morality, 'neoconservatism' preaching unilateral interventionism, and radical libertarian tax cuts have cast our Republic adrift from its moorings. Restoration of common sense to government is long overdue."" -Gary Hart, Former United States Senator Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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