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October 17, 2013
It’s the cheese that matters.
Galston’s argues that the conservative insurgency is rooted in some kind of atavism;that it arises from a nostalgic hankering after an America long past in the face of new demography. Nothing could be further from the truth. The hell with demography. People would be just fine with changes in demography if only times were good. When times are bad homogeneity is irrelevant. Rats of the exact same breed will fight to the death over the last piece of cheese.It’s the cheese that matters. The conservative insurgency
is rooted in a lack of money. And so will the coming liberal one. The unrest is not driven by a desire to return to the past. On the contrary it is propelled almost entirely by the growing belief that there is no future. - - Belmont Club ｻ The Third Party
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 17, 2013 2:42 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Richard has been on a roll. His posts burn. If you read them you will achieve a new level of insight that will change you forever.
Posted by: Fat Man at October 17, 2013 1:27 PM
Alan Simpson, at a press conference a couple years back regarding the Simpson-Bowles plan was asked what would happen if nothing was done about the sad state of the public fisc.
His response was "you all will be picking grit with the chickens."
Clearly he did not expect Senators, sitting or otherwise, to experience such deprivation.
I do not know where they think they will hide when that time comes.
Posted by: ThomasD at October 17, 2013 5:48 PM
ThomasD, they'll be hiding in their coffins.
Posted by: Peccable at October 18, 2013 7:55 AM
Peccable, if not necessarily by nature, or by choice.
Posted by: ThomasD at October 18, 2013 9:39 AM