Thursday, May 24, 2007

Politics as We Know It

Arnold Kling again offers a small Post with a mighty wealth of Links to good articles. Be sure to read the link to Robin Hanson, as well as Arnold’s own article on Trust Cues. Before you start, though, you might be fortified with the knowledge that the American Public has been conditioned to think politically and economically in terms of Conflict politics. This a basic program of ‘Either/Or’; One which is a basic interplay of two competitive forces, rather than One with a interplay of multiplex elements. This introduces Conceptualism of fraternal organizations into the Polity, which has implications far beyond Friendship Clubs.

The Gestalt here becomes a Concept of ‘Winner and Loser’. A plane of multiple solutions with varying degrees of success finds little play in American politics, something which is elemental in explanation of the French, German, and Scandinavian models. The allegiance to one of the Conflict models of American politics will alter any and every Initiative, solely to maintain the adherence of the greater polity, and therefore, any truly original Initiative will be vented to eliminate true originality. There is greater Consensus generated by this Process, but much less contemplation of good modifications of political structure; due to the disinclination of Conflict factors to initiate Change. lgl

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