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❤[READ]❤ The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think

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  1. The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think Advances an analysis that should encourage progressives, be cautionary for conservatives, and engage and enlighten everyone who cares about America's political and economic future. &#8213Jaes Fallows, national correspondent, The AtlanticA tonic&#8213no because it will make you feel better, although it might, but because he makes a powerful, provocative and persuasive case that progressives are in a better position than they realize to make our world better. &#8213EJ. Dionne Jr., author of Why the Right Went WrongThe words &#8220opimism&#8221and &#8220thleft&#8221do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left--reinforced by the election of Donald Trump--is as follows: (1) progress in today&#8217sworld has largely stopped and in many ways reversed (2) the left is weak and at the mercy of a rapacious capitalism and a marauding right and (3) the outlook for the future is bleak, with ordinary citizens suffering even more deprivation and the planet itself sliding inexorably toward catastrophe.But all these propositions are wrong. It is not the case that progress has stopped. Today, we live in a freer, more democratic, less violent and more prosperous world than we ever have before.It is not the case that the left is at the mercy of the right. The form of the left is changing but its numbers are strong and growing. It remains a vital force&#8213th vital force--for reforming capitalism.And it is not the case that the future of humanity is bleak. The problems we face today are solvable and, moreover, are likely to be solved in the coming decades. Life for ordinary citizens should improve dramatically over the course of the 21st century.It is

  2. not just that these pessimistic propositions are wrong. They also do real harm to the left by undermining its appeal. Pessimism makes people less likely to believe in positive change, not more likely. It is time for the left to realize that their romance with pessimism is a bug not a feature of their current practice. There is no substitute for optimism and an economic climate that promotes optimism. The time has come, as Ruy Teixeira argues in this book, for the optimistic leftist.

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