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12 Mar 2008 02:38 pm
A Conservative Of Doubt
David Mamet comes out. So good to see that he understands the core conservative idea:
If the government is not to intervene, how will we, mere human beings, work it all out?
I wondered and read, and it occurred to me that I knew the answer,
and here it is: We just seem to. How do I know? From experience. I
referred to my own—take away the director from the staged play and what
do you get? Usually a diminution of strife, a shorter rehearsal period,
and a better production.
I use exactly the same analogy in The Conservative Soul.
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