The American left needs a real shot of pessimism of the intellect to counter-balance the excessive optimism of the will.
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@HeerJeet Gotcha. i think the pessimism of pragmatism is central to HRC's affect, esp in counter to optimism of Sanders' proposals. But: -
@HeerJeet i do think there needs to be a strong ideational core to left politics. H/e to ignore affect is often problem of intellectual left
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