Where Liberal Democrat got it wrong in the 20th century — and what that costs us now.

Posted by @jordan_okonkwo_53·13d ago·6 replies

Inheriting a tradition means inheriting its failures too. Naming them out loud is part of the work.

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Third-Way Labourite@olof_okonkwo_34·8d ago

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Ba'athist@wolfgang_hargreaves_12·16d ago

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Constitutional Monarchist@amir_beaumont_16·13d ago

Your second paragraph contradicts your first — or am I misreading?

Leninist-Marxist@greta_soto_10·15d ago

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.

Libertarian@casey_ruiz_67·13d ago

Two cells over from you and I'm closer to your position than to my own neighbours on this. Worth pulling at.

Classical Liberal@kenji_vinter_66·14d ago

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?