I intend to give this at the beginning of the spring trimester, in my AP US History class, in response to things my teacher has said, and to what my classmates have said.
“I intend to expose the flaw in your theory of pragmatic, or non-ideological, politics.
Idealogy is used to make ideas that are logically consistent. Your ideology of pragmatic politics is the ideology of inconstancy. You will find that the policies you implement to solve the problems you see will lead to further problems, that will require more policies. As the government balloons in size to manage the horrid tangle of legislation, regulation, and social reform programs, it will further intrude into the lives and liberties of every citizen. The economic regulations you so enthusiastically call for only blur the lines between government and business. Monopolies will exist in every part of the market, and they will be in perfect harmony with the government.
Well, welcome to fascism! Welcome to Mussolini’s corporatism! Welcome to totalitarianism! You have asked for the god-state, and you have received! And it all came from the non-ideological desire to reform society and the pragmatic search for a third way between capitalism and socialism! Well, here it is!
Thank you for listening.”
What do you think? Anything I should do to make it clearer? Anyone?
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