Re: Re: FW: Krugman

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ralph Nader is not a leftist.  I doubt that he would call himself a
leftist.  Is much more in line with the old populists, who believe in the
theory of Adam Smith, but thought that the state was required to eliminate
monopoly forces so that competition could work.

At the same time, he is realistic enough to know that markets have
externalities, which require regulations.

On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 06:39:08PM -0800, Sabri Oncu wrote:
> Doug writes:
>
> >C'mon folks, there is an "anti-globalization" left.
> >It's not the whole movement, for sure, but plenty
> >of people talk about localism and self-reliance,
> >and object to cross-cultural influences. The
> >International Forum on Globalization, a lot of Greens,
> >Ralph Nader, and the New Internationalist's No-Nonsense
> >Guide To Globalization, recently published by Verso,
> >all embody this trend.
> >
> >Doug
>
> Doug is right. There is an "anti-globalization left". I don't
> follow the American scene that closely so I will take Doug's word
> on the above. But I know that there are some on the "left" back
> home along the above lines and worse. On the other hand, if you
> watch them, that is, the ones back home, closely, they hardly
> qualify to be called leftists. Some of them are borderline
> fascist nationalists whereas some others are outright fascist
> nationalists, even though they call themselves socialists,
> anarchists, greens and the like. As Doug would probably remember
> and Michael Pugliese knows quite well, because of this, some two
> years ago a group of leftists in the movement, after a call from
> an anarchist by the name of Alain Kessi, made an attempt to study
> the influences of the right on the left and counter the entry of
> the right into the movement. I have been a member of that group
> and a subscriber of their list where we were sharing information
> and based on what read there, even after some discounting, I can
> safely say that you cannot imagine how fucked up it is out there.
>
> Here is a question to our American friends: Is Ralph Nader is a
> leftist?
>
> Best,
> Sabri
>

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