Men's Group

The perception is there. It may be a reinforced propagandist perception, but it is there nonetheless.

I think, in a lot of ways, our concern for the environment, equal rights, peace in the world, etc., to them at least, always drowns out the economic fairness message. The fact is that there is economic benefit aplenty in that message, but they aren't hearing it.

Now is this real or is it Memorex?

When I replied to this thread originally, I took a look at what was on the Greatest page. The bulk majority had nothing to do with economic issues, some dealt obliquely with it (i.e. health care reform, which is economic in effect), but only one or two directly reporting and engaging on economic policy. Granted there is a lot going on right now to occupy time, but considering the fact that the idea of liberalism is first and foremost the idea that the government has a significant role to play in the economic prosperity of the citizenry, it is amazing how little of our attention here is paid to it. One or two threads on the TPP. Probably one of the more significant events under discussion. NAFTA on steroids.

Being on the left means a certain devotion to some social ideals such as justice and fairness and equality. It goes with the territory. But those issues mean little to someone who is going on two or three years of unemployment. Often, though it is in the social arena that we feel qualified to speak loudest, our arguments seem to have surer footing, and our passions for them run deep. Economics is, by nature, drab, unexciting, and does not easily engage passionate invective. We, like all, play to our strengths.

Just my two cents. Your mileage will vary.