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<\/p>\nI was fascinated to have this drawn to my attention yesterday:<\/p>\n
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The new magazine that has published this looks to have an appalling range of authors working for it, but it is best to know your enemy.<\/p>\n
More importantly, given the work that I am doing publishing a glossary is the particular article that is highlighted.<\/p>\n
The language within the article is fevered, and almost paranoid.\u00a0 This is typical:<\/p>\n
Eventually, we need to dictate the terms of debate. If we\u00a0only ever use the language of the left, we\u00a0are\u00a0fighting on\u00a0their\u00a0terms, on\u00a0their\u00a0ground\u00a0and\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0territory. We\u00a0are\u00a0charging up the hill. It does not matter that we\u00a0are\u00a0disagreeing with the left, but that we\u00a0are\u00a0being drawn into talking about issues\u00a0they have\u00a0decided\u00a0are\u00a0important, rather than issues that the right values.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Perversely, and amusingly, Gramsci is the apparent inspiration for this idea, of which this is also said:<\/p>\n
Forging a new language will take effort, time and energy \u2014 of that, I am fully aware. The work is necessary; otherwise the Right cannot even know itself, never mind what it is fighting for. For instance, the Right needs to stop saying it is for \u201cequality of opportunity\u201d \u2014 equality is a left-wing or liberal principle; it is not a principle of the Right.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Delightfully, this was added:<\/p>\n
The Right does not stand for equality of opportunity. It actually believes in inequality\u00a0and\u00a0should be unapologetic about that. Inequality is a productive force, largely because it lies both at the end and beginning of competition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
As I noted above, knowing one's enemy is wise.<\/p>\n
Knowing what they are quite specifically up to is wiser still.<\/p>\n
Being ready is best of all. I certainly feel that working on a glossary is the right thing to do right now, as will be the work on neoliberal myths that will follow on from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"