tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post2481101879373000738..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: Blue Labour?Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-26761649745695298942010-12-31T09:40:29.748+00:002010-12-31T09:40:29.748+00:00I tend to agree, Peter. The anti-modernism of the ...I tend to agree, Peter. The anti-modernism of the communitarians worries me and I think that loss of faith in progress is spreading on the left, hence the renewed appeal of faith-based 'socialism'. But I also think it would be a mistake to ignore the powerful emotional pull of this kind of rhetoric...the secular left needs to find a way to respond to it that isn't dismissive.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-50808938705912580882010-12-25T23:24:45.226+00:002010-12-25T23:24:45.226+00:00Having grown up in a small town, I see the flaws o...Having grown up in a small town, I see the flaws of this communitarian socio-babble very clearly - the lack of privacy and autonomy, the provincialism, the reverence for the traditional ways, the fear of the new or different, and the absence of curiosity and generosity. Etzioni's absurd idea that we should all live within 2 miles of where we work would destroy at a stroke most of what is good about modern life, technology and society.peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-7341605277361171392010-12-23T12:05:31.490+00:002010-12-23T12:05:31.490+00:00Merry Christmas! I haven't been blogging much ...Merry Christmas! I haven't been blogging much later, but I feel like Tom Lehrer--when real life is as it is, what place is there for satire or commentary? This mad, weird, pre-stagflation condem interlude gets weirder by the day....Martin Meenaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092121503713511010noreply@blogger.com