Comments on: Towards a new progressivism

By: matthewtaylor

matthewtaylor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:14:10 +0000

Thanks Hilary

Very interesting. People often say love has this characteristic – the more there is, the more there is

By: Hilary Burrage (hilaryb)

Hilary Burrage (hilaryb) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Matthew, your definition of a ‘Progressive’ is very interesting and useful: enthusiastic believers in the capacity of human beings to collaborate to achieve qualitative advances in individual and social welfare.

If that’s what they are, I’d suggest Progressives have to share a currency of some sort, beyond shared enthusiasm and (I presume) hope…. maybe this currency is actually ‘knowledge’ (and ‘knowing’)? And maybe this is becoming an increasingly important currency because it’s changing and developing all the time? (It’s also one of the few currencies which can benefit from ‘inflation’ – the more of it there is, in general, the better!)

For me, a great many things follow from this idea about currency. Perhaps over the next year or two quite a few of them will become more overtly evident?

I look forward to the debate!

All the best
Hilary

By: matthewtaylor

matthewtaylor — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:19:41 +0000

I’m afraid I agree with you. It’s not much comfort I know, but I am quite aware of the turgid wordiness or some of this week’s blogs!

By: fearless frank

fearless frank — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:28:27 +0000

I recommend you read George Orwell’s Politics and the English language

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