>>>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
>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
>>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