tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post1856025783673042493..comments2024-03-17T00:10:44.022+00:00Comments on From Arse To Elbow: A Song From Under the FloorboardsDavid Timoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568348438980023320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post-69911911025761869752016-12-16T21:30:42.864+00:002016-12-16T21:30:42.864+00:00"To understand shifts in the popular mood it ..."To understand shifts in the popular mood it is always wise to first proceed on the assumption that they are rational. The fact that liberals are so easily spooked suggests that their own faith in rationality is fragile, though perhaps this is because they secretly believe that only a chosen few are really capable of rational judgement."<br /><br />I like this.<br /><br />To elaborate, the problem that liberals have is that their "rationality" is too narrowly defined - they are failing to see outside of their box, that others could have a rationality that they do not share. That could be a wilful failure - because it's against their interests, a lack of imagination or an attempt to maintain their closed shop on rationality. Or any combination of those three.gastro georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post-18000903749718100092016-12-09T19:45:55.409+00:002016-12-09T19:45:55.409+00:00For many, yes. For example, in the UK I suspect mo...For many, yes. For example, in the UK I suspect most working class socialists would consider the abandonment of council housebuilding and the defeat of the miners to be more significant, and they probably felt that at the time, not just with the benefit of hindsight.David Timoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03568348438980023320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post-51341190429858634612016-12-09T18:02:45.434+00:002016-12-09T18:02:45.434+00:00For most working class people in the West this was...<i>For most working class people in the West this was one of the less significant events of the last 30 years. </i><br /><br />If we narrowed that down to "working class people in the West with any interest in socialist politics", would that still hold, do you think?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com