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“Greens offer an alternative to all the old ideologies”

May 9, 2021

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I’ve long felt that conservatives have valid critiques of liberalism and socialism (as being too statist, too reliant upon big government) and the left has valid critiques of conservatism (as being blind to the noxiousness of the capitalist system and tolerant of egregious wealth inequality). But having insightful critiques doesn’t make for a perspicacious ideology.

The New York Times provides us with a supposed balance of op-ed opinion voices. It shouldn’t be surprising that none of them can show a way forward. Here, today, is a typical muddle:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/08/opinion/sunday/capitalism-conservatism.html

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Steven Welzer
Steven Welzer

Written by Steven Welzer

A Green Party activist, Steve was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review.” He now serves on the Editorial Board of the New Green Horizons webzine.

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