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I agree with this article as to what the only good thing to come from a Bush win will be. It's an idear we've bandied about quite a bit, the notion of Bush's little experiment.
However, I agree with Davros -- I'd prefer Bush to lose, even if it is to someone so annoying as Kerry.
This author has a certain sad resignation that I don't necessarily agree with. He feels that a bad idea should be carried through to its logical end to prove its badness. Thus, he seemingly argues, we will learn better from history and we will not distort the occurences of the past.
I say poppycock. As Hegel said, we learn from history that we don't learn from history. While the lessons of British social failures that led to Thatcher and Torrie failure that led to Blair may currently be a reminder for this author, I think we could find large camps of people around the world who don't agree that these historical failures were so "clear." And, more importantly, these lessons were not carried outside of England very much, for many parts of Europe are still heading down some of the same types of roads that the UK, in her infinite wisdom, has already learned lead nowhere.
So, to be blunt about it, I'll give up knowing for a certainty whether neoconism was provably a horrible terrible idea. Rather, let those of us who recognize its badness ahead of time act to stop it rather than simply watch the train wreck happen. Let us also see other bad policies of the Bush administration (such as putting industry lobbyists in charge of all the regulating agencies), and act to change those as well.
In short, I'm happy to stop Dr. Frankenstein's experiment en medias res, and I'm willing to give up all the theoretical and metaphorical lessons that the monster could teach me. Having a brain means I should be able to think myself into an understanding rather than have to experience horror firsthand to know what it is.
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