The Rants of Issachar

I recently finished reading Joseph Heath & Andrew Potter's book, The Rebel Sell. A very good book that I'd recommend to anyone. They make some very intelligent observations. I've been putting off writing this posting because I won't be able to do the book justice, but I want to write about globalization and The Rebel Sell recently gave me a fresh perspective on the subject.

I'm not going to try to summarize the whole book, but they make a very good criticism of the idea of counter-culture and the global left movement in general. Naomi Klein won't appreciate the book most likely, I think she'd have a hard time showing them to be wrong.

I keep trying to write a summary of the book and they're all lousy. So I'll just link to Harper Canada's summary of the book.

I've said before that I'm not conservative politically because I don't care about social issues. I'm conservative politically because I do care. Being "liberal" politically today seems to me to be a recipe for feeling good about social issues but achieving nothing. Solutions that sound good and make you feel better but don't work are pointless. They're actually worse than nothing because they give the false impression that you're actually doing something worthwhile and thus make it more difficult to do anything constructive...

Posted by:  pasivirta

dude, I bought that book in the summer, in kelowna as a matter of fact, and I have looked forward to finishing it. i started it and it was good, but, school etc. so its good to know that it was enjoyed, and insightful.