In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
People with a (relatively) intelligent opposition to equality, and how (not?) to respond.
There is a problem-- I do identify emotionally with the left, even if my very simple economic theory is the most minor logical extension of normal and basically right-wing classical and even neoclassical economics.
If I'm to talk persuasively to all those who place themselves as libertarian and conservative, I need to get out of that headspace a little. It really has nothing to do with the actual economic facts or even much with the moral standpoint.
Naomi Klein at the annual conference for the American Sociological Association broadcast by Democracy Now: