I'm not pleased that the left has decided to reject the term "liberal."
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Replying to @nberlat
first of all I'm just cranky because it's a perfectly good term.
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second, the effort to turn it into a pilloried identity, separating the real leftists from the traitors and sellouts..
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I don't think it's analytically useful, I don't think it's strategically smart, I'm not into demonizing ppl you disagree with either.
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Left is better served by trying to build coalitions, working together on common projects where possible.
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i do think we'll be seeing more of a political economy of projects followed by vicious knife-fights over the projects' resources
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in the game of temporary coalitions, the metagame is making sure everybody else in the coalition walks away with less than you
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