Are conservatives successful because they squabble?
David Brooks, in a New York Times Op-Ed piece, says that conservatives have thrived because they are split into feuding factions that squabble incessantly - not that liberals are too fractious, too nuanced or too freethinking.Conservatives have not triumphed because they have built a disciplined and efficient message machine. Conservatives have thrived because they are split into feuding factions that squabble incessantly. As these factions have multiplied, more people have come to call themselves conservatives because they've found one faction to agree with.And later, he says
If I were a liberal, which I used to be, I wouldn't want message discipline. I'd take this opportunity to have a big debate about the things Thomas Paine, Herbert Croly, Isaiah Berlin, R. H. Tawney and John Dewey were writing about. I'd argue about human nature and the American character.In disunity there is strength.
posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 2:20 PM
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