tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post112022796742641805..comments2023-10-17T10:50:25.089-04:00Comments on Lumpenlogocracy: Economic interests of majority may not be served by voting DemocraticAmbivalent_Maybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092354702770501469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post-1120998562118040932005-07-10T08:29:00.000-04:002005-07-10T08:29:00.000-04:00Well, I have to agree that Steve Rose's arguments ...Well, I have to agree that Steve Rose's arguments are less than convincing. And certainly one of the main problems for the Democratic party is that it is often difficult to differentiate its positions on economic policy from the Republicans. But I still suspect that economic interests alone will not move many voters from the R to the D column, unless the economy suffers a severe downturn.Ambivalent_Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092354702770501469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post-1120326733205288502005-07-02T13:52:00.000-04:002005-07-02T13:52:00.000-04:00Another example refuting Steve Rose's idiotic anal...Another example refuting Steve Rose's idiotic analysis has just been put out by William Greider: <BR/><BR/>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050718&s=greiderChristian_Lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019740651763670153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post-1120254702401167182005-07-01T17:51:00.000-04:002005-07-01T17:51:00.000-04:00I looked at the original Steve Rose piece and was ...I looked at the original Steve Rose piece and was unimpressed. I thought the author would have conducted some kind of systematic analysis to estimate the actual economic effects of various policies supported or opposed by the two parties. But instead, the whole thing is just a hornet's nest of speculations and unsourced statements of "fact" mixed with half-baked analysis. <BR/><BR/>The author Christian_Lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019740651763670153noreply@blogger.com