Doug Henwood Talks

Jim Devine wrote:

Google’s quote du jour is “”A liberal is a person whose interests aren’t at stake at the moment.” — Willis Player

so what is a conservative?

I was just reading Hofstadter’s 1954 essay on the “pseudo-conservative revolt.” His example of a pseudo-conservative was a woman who remarked on Eisenhower’s victory in 1952: “Eight more years of socialism!”

Doug

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