For some reason, this paragraph from Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism made me think of the Medicaid Expansion cabal of NH Republican State Senators…(and all Democrats).
The “Middle Way” sounds moderate and un-radical. Its appeal is that it sounds unideological and freethinking. But philosophically the Third Way is not mere difference splitting; it is utopian and authoritarian. Its utopian aspect becomes manifest in it antagonism to the idea that politics is about trade-offs. The Third Wayer says that there are no false choices–“I refuse to accept that X should com at the expense of Y.” The Third way holds that we can have capitalism and socialism, individual liberty and absolute unity. Fascist movements are implicitly utopian because they–like communist and heretical Christian movements–assume that with just the right arrangement of policies, all contradictions can be rectified. … The populist demagogue takes on the role of the parent telling the childlike masses that he can make everything “all better” if they just trust him.
Lately it seems like there is not even a second way. No one has the courage to make policy choices that will attract individuals, who will invest in job creation at their own expense; an idea that would create more givers instead of incentivizing more takers.
We are governed by cowards not leaders. We need leaders.
