Mark Lilla was on Glenn Loury's show. I had been looking forward to listening to this and it was okay but didn't live up to my expectation.
Lilla makes a lot of good points. They key one:
"The point is not to speak truth to power. the point is to become the power."
There is a difference between political movements and electoral wins.
Lilla isn't interested in purity and noble losses that are outgrowths of identity politics. He wants people in power who share most of his principles of what he thinks America should be based.
Lilla's other main point is there can be no liberal politics without a sense of We—of what we are as citizens and what we owe each other. Identity politics and SJW types have good intentions trying to make sure everyone is treated equally under the law but are not good at building a sense of solidarity or a sense of we as Americans. For liberal politics to be effective it must have a dual goals of equality for all under the law for all and a sense of solidarity.
Lilla makes a lot of good points. They key one:
"The point is not to speak truth to power. the point is to become the power."
There is a difference between political movements and electoral wins.
Lilla isn't interested in purity and noble losses that are outgrowths of identity politics. He wants people in power who share most of his principles of what he thinks America should be based.
Lilla's other main point is there can be no liberal politics without a sense of We—of what we are as citizens and what we owe each other. Identity politics and SJW types have good intentions trying to make sure everyone is treated equally under the law but are not good at building a sense of solidarity or a sense of we as Americans. For liberal politics to be effective it must have a dual goals of equality for all under the law for all and a sense of solidarity.
