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[M Holmes]

Ted O. Jackson writes:

> In some ways, it'd be good if we elected an asshle like Buchanan.
> Maybe after we realized what a mistake it was, it would help people
> trun their backs on conservatism

In 1979 some socialists thought that "We won't get proper socialism
until capitalism is really buggered up" and also disliked their moderate
leader James Callaghan (for much the same reason the same folks dislike
their current leader Tony Blair). They therefore helped elect a (very)
Conservative Margaret Thatcher. She was still in power ten years later,
and her party is still in power today.

Electing people just to stir things up can backfire.

I dislike all the parties in the UK. You're lucky to have a Libertarian
Party in the US.

> theo

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