OTOH, I think the points raised by M. Rowley and M. Silbert are pretty good. As to the topic, if the US can't overcome its divides within, anything beyond that is mere posturing, right?
Glenn, you keep asking what do we think and you seldom engage.
I think that this discussion with Robert Wright is mental masturbation.
Let me ask you a question. Has Wright ever solved a real world problem of any substance in his entire life? Wright is exactly who Tom Sowell wrote about in "Intellectuals and Society".
... everything is zero-sum... Even global warming and nuclear proliferation... It seems to me that non-zero sum thinking is a utopian fantasy only indulged by those who are winning in society and who will pay no cost when they shut down the coal fired power plants in the third world and the cost of gas for the average blue color worker goes to $10 a gallon. There are always winners and losers but it's easy to forget if you're one of the winners.
This was good. I like both gentlemen.
That said, it doesn't take long to see the stark disappointment in some of Glenn's fans when he engages with the (so-called) opposition.
Some of Glenn's fans, I believe, want to see him *fight* like he's on Newsmax or somethin'. But that's not who he is; and I am glad that's the case.
Each has their own Way, as M. Charles "says."
OTOH, I think the points raised by M. Rowley and M. Silbert are pretty good. As to the topic, if the US can't overcome its divides within, anything beyond that is mere posturing, right?
Glenn, you keep asking what do we think and you seldom engage.
I think that this discussion with Robert Wright is mental masturbation.
Let me ask you a question. Has Wright ever solved a real world problem of any substance in his entire life? Wright is exactly who Tom Sowell wrote about in "Intellectuals and Society".
... everything is zero-sum... Even global warming and nuclear proliferation... It seems to me that non-zero sum thinking is a utopian fantasy only indulged by those who are winning in society and who will pay no cost when they shut down the coal fired power plants in the third world and the cost of gas for the average blue color worker goes to $10 a gallon. There are always winners and losers but it's easy to forget if you're one of the winners.