Ideologues vs. plain people
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No question, there are ideological leaders (Castro, Hugo Chavez) who want to follow dead ideoloogies.
Most people want to better themselves, on their own, with safety nets.
My AEI colleague Michael Novak, author of The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism explained it well, and has had a real impact in Latin America.
The much-missed Daniel Patrick Moynihan observed (when he was US Ambassador to India) that the socialist Brit Fabian Society had a major impact around the world --- and set back economic progress by many decades.
Too bad
I think we're mostly on the right track now.
Ben
No question, there are ideological leaders (Castro, Hugo Chavez) who want to follow dead ideoloogies.
Most people want to better themselves, on their own, with safety nets.
My AEI colleague Michael Novak, author of The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism explained it well, and has had a real impact in Latin America.
The much-missed Daniel Patrick Moynihan observed (when he was US Ambassador to India) that the socialist Brit Fabian Society had a major impact around the world --- and set back economic progress by many decades.
Too bad
I think we're mostly on the right track now.
Ben
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 12:14 PM
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