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To: illyia who wrote (170218)8/30/2005 12:34:29 PM
From: one_less  Respond to of 281500
 
I agree with your description of the status quo. Fortunately, I am very fond of liberal innovation. Extreme conservatism is designed to protect the status quo; sadly, it results in stagnation and oppression if allowed to run its full course. Extreme liberalism is designed to loosen the reigns held by the establishment; it results in chaotic waste and personal abusiveness when allowed to run its full course. These are opposite sides of the same social authority.

Liberal innovation is a grass roots tool that allows us to design and operationalize resolutions that are constructive and productive in spite of the powers that be.

Let’s start to do that. We have chewed the fat over what is wrong with right wing extremism and left wing extremism enough. Let’s consider some alternatives.

For example:

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