tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post4127246391664511282..comments2024-03-18T15:52:46.631+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Richard Rorty: The thinker who foresaw Trump and BrexitJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-37547028680208145702017-10-11T09:15:19.741+01:002017-10-11T09:15:19.741+01:00A very interesting Article. Rorty goes on my read...A very interesting Article. Rorty goes on my reading list - more accurately, my Amazon wish list.<br /><br />I was however struck by this: <br /> <br />"For the Right never thinks that anything much needs to be changed: it thinks the country is basically in good shape, and may well have been in better shape in the past."<br /><br />and in particular the juxtaposition with your next post which mentions the Peter North blog which I had seen yesterday. I don't think North can possibly be described as other than "Right" in political terms, and yet he concludes:<br /><br />"I actually prefer [a 10 year recession] to the prospect of maintaining the 2015 status quo ....." <br /><br /><br />And in the last paragraph: "Eventually it gets to a point where any change will do. I prefer an uncertain future to the certainty I was looking at".<br /><br />Perhaps North's approach simply falls outside the left/right spectrum.<br />Tristan Wnoreply@blogger.com