tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post8723613689043976879..comments2024-03-28T07:14:01.343+00:00Comments on donpaskini: Heresy at Compassdonpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-58787790713735080852009-03-15T20:28:00.000+00:002009-03-15T20:28:00.000+00:00Well said. I have a 'major essay' (as John and Nea...Well said. <BR/><BR/>I have a 'major essay' (as John and Neal's effort has been somewhat pompously advertised) in response on its way, where one of my key points is that the (centre) left has actually been down this road before, in the early/mid 1980s when all sorts of alliances were all the rage but were about as effectives a wet teabag in opposing the onslaught of the right and promoting alternatives which people other than think thankers (in those days the 'thinkers' were mainly holed up in local government). Have we learned nothing from failure?<BR/><BR/>The 10 policy ideas seem strangely divorced from the main narrative of the essay, and I think therein lies a key indication of how poorly thought through this whole new grand social movement (which is not social and doesn't move) is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com