The Biggest Defect of the Left
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:24 pm
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/ ... e-left.php
A Steven Hayward column on Powerline yesterday. I second this column heartily as my thoughts had been turning in that direction for awhile now.
>>>>"When asked to name the single greatest defect of the left, I usually answer quite narrowly: an inability to think in terms of tradeoffs. This is why liberals, owing to a Kantian-inspired disposition that favors intentions above consequences, tend always to utopianism,<<<<<
>>>"As Thomas Sowell likes to say, “There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs; and you try to get the best trade-off you can get, that’s all you can hope for.”<<<<
A Steven Hayward column on Powerline yesterday. I second this column heartily as my thoughts had been turning in that direction for awhile now.
>>>>"When asked to name the single greatest defect of the left, I usually answer quite narrowly: an inability to think in terms of tradeoffs. This is why liberals, owing to a Kantian-inspired disposition that favors intentions above consequences, tend always to utopianism,<<<<<
>>>"As Thomas Sowell likes to say, “There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs; and you try to get the best trade-off you can get, that’s all you can hope for.”<<<<