Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Withering away of the state

2000-05-25 Thread Brad De Long
>>>The democratic rhetoric of Rousseau and Tocqueville becomes >>>meaningless and obfuscatory emissions of hot gasses by Clinton or >>>Blair. >> >>Such hyperbole is not good for communication... > >So you believe Clinton when he talks about being in favor of democracy? > Of course Clinton and B

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Withering away of the state

2000-05-24 Thread Brad De Long
>Brad wrote: >>>Then we are at an impasse. I think it is worth while to rescue the >>>language of >>>socialism and Marxism from the Leninist distortions, but perhaps it is not. >>>Perhaps we have to invent a new political language. > >Brad writes: >>Yep. Back to Tocqueville and Rousseau... > >If

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Withering away of the state

2000-05-24 Thread Jim Devine
>>The democratic rhetoric of Rousseau and Tocqueville becomes meaningless >>and obfuscatory emissions of hot gasses by Clinton or Blair. > >Such hyperbole is not good for communication even in face-to-face >conversation or as part of an extended essay which allows the reader to >understand the