WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY AND KENNETH MINOGUE part 3

BUCKLEY AND MINOGUE DISCUSS HOW IDEOLOGY PROVIDES AN ALL ENCOMPASSING BUT UNTESTABLE WORLD VIEW.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• IDEOLOGY
• MARXISM
• CAPITALISM
• OPRESSION
• REVOLUTION
• FREEDOM
• LIBERATION

[kihadat]

No, I guess you aren't.

[outrider52]

I suppose you are right but everyone has a bias.  At least he is willing to let the other guy talk. Do you think Bill O'reilley would?

[forgottenbooks]

@forgottenbooks Indian society at the time was terribly superstitious and was mired in social evils, many of which were eliminated during the British rule - because of it, but not by its conscious effort.

[forgottenbooks]

As a person of Indian origin, I will have to say that the British rule in India was both bad and good. The bad that they did was exploiting Indian peasants and thus ruining the economy and mistreating the natives in many heinous ways. The good that they did was mostly indirect. Their intention in introducing modern technology was to make their own lives easier. But Indians learned to use it to their advantage.

[Aaronthegreatest]

It's sort of sad that both of these gentlemen think that the rule of the British Raj in India wasn't something to be considered "oppressive"....instead of musing about the subject themselves, they should have asked the Indians. It's true that the British may have brought the advancements of civilization to the subcontinent, but I think that people should agree that it is often preferred by people to live in a backwards state ruled by natives, than in an improved one ruled by foreigners.

[jamesc426]

@outrider52 .....lol only an ignorant person would seriously compare Bill O'Reilly and William Buckley.....the problems conservatives have today, is that they have no one who can intelligently debate their positions like Buckley could...as far as that goes, neither do the liberals - we've just lowered ourselves to insults and hate speech...real debating of positions no longer really take place...just sound bites in the media...

[cmgollatz]

I stopped after my first post. This is just target practice now and I am going to have to start using a sling-shot because you're so slow.

[cmgollatz]

I'm just having fun watching you exersize your freedom of speech and from the looks of it, you really don't have much to say. I think I'd cut your mic as well for wasting everyones time.

[kihadat]

Are you?

[cmgollatz]

Impressive I am thanks. You done yet?

[kihadat]

wow. Name calling. Impressive. Most impressive.