[FRIAM] Moral collapse and state failure

[Pieter Steenekamp]

Steve,

Thanks for your hopes for us in South Africa.

I try not to be judgemental, so I will just say that South Africa's "Right
Wing"'s world view differs radically from mine and in my opinion if their
ideas are implemented it would lead to disaster. Fortunately for us they
have negligible clout in society, we can safely just ignore them and move
on..

P

On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 at 18:33, Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> Pieter -
>
> > Your "The Wrong (formerly Right) Wing in the US"
> > reminds me of the quote by Larry Elder:
> > "Conservatives consider liberals well-intentioned, but misguided.
> > Liberals consider conservatives not only wrong, but really, really bad
> > people."
> This smells strongly of a Strawman characterization and I hear this from
> Right Wingers all the time.  It sounds like a bit of projection
> overlayed on "best defense is a good offense".
>
> My own erstwhile "Conservatism" was it's own style of misguided
> good-intentions.   For the most part, those I left behind there appear
> to be acting out of variations on "greed and fear" which doesn't make
> them really really bad people, but it doesn't bode well for them, nor
> those they effect.  This includes most of my and Mary's extended family
> and many friends, neighbors, and former colleagues (LANL).
>
> I hope, for your sake, that So. Africa's "Right Wing" is not as "Wrong
> Headed" as our own.
>
> - Steve
>
>
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