http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/comment-page-1/#comment-6926 Meredith Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:38:53 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/#comment-6926 As a modern-leftist who was not born until '77, I can tell you that maybe the answer is that more people around my age and younger will bring in an updated view that considers the world as it is today and not '74 simply because we have no memory of those times. Although I think the parallels between now and then are undeniable, I certainly don't think in those terms because I wasn't around "back then." What happened with Vietnam and Nixon can only be colorfully illustrated to me by my parents or the history books, and that makes it less likely to stick in my brain for me to equate it to the troubles of today. As a modern-leftist who was not born until ‘77, I can tell you that maybe the answer is that more people around my age and younger will bring in an updated view that considers the world as it is today and not ‘74 simply because we have no memory of those times. Although I think the parallels between now and then are undeniable, I certainly don’t think in those terms because I wasn’t around “back then.” What happened with Vietnam and Nixon can only be colorfully illustrated to me by my parents or the history books, and that makes it less likely to stick in my brain for me to equate it to the troubles of today.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/comment-page-1/#comment-6868 DosPeros Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:47:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/#comment-6868 Francis Fukuyama argues that the neocons are in fact Leninist in means. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/magazine/neo.html This is absolutely superb analysis by someone with a firm grasp on intellectual/ideological history. Francis Fukuyama argues that the neocons are in fact Leninist in means. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/magazine/neo.html
This is absolutely superb analysis by someone with a firm grasp on intellectual/ideological history.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/comment-page-1/#comment-6865 Joshua Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:02:34 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/02/21/the-modern-left-stuck-in-the-1970s/#comment-6865 Austin Bay agrees with you, although he (and the essayist he quotes) thinks you're <a href="http://austinbay.net/blog/index.php?p=938" rel="nofollow">a couple of years off</a>. Austin Bay agrees with you, although he (and the essayist he quotes) thinks you’re a couple of years off.

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