tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post3848152427316055850..comments2024-01-16T03:21:37.695-08:00Comments on Gancho: Ortega Speakspchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-65030805604209494732011-02-11T12:18:25.788-08:002011-02-11T12:18:25.788-08:00Definitely true, and Ortega;s point is valid, but ...Definitely true, and Ortega;s point is valid, but the word is also used to describe the right more generally. I don't think he meant to employ it to make it so that right=conservative=antidemocratic, but the fact that the word gets used in both contexts kind of furthers than idea that the right is by definition undemocratic. <br /><br />I don't mean this so much a knock on Ortega, whom I like, so much as a just an unfortunate quirk of the language.pchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973333514392213258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179048494901365426.post-34784598735111570762011-02-11T11:38:47.529-08:002011-02-11T11:38:47.529-08:00With the risk of coming across as an devout Ortega...With the risk of coming across as an devout Ortegaite: I think "conservative" here as much referred chiefly to a top-down type decision-making, such as the PRI dedazos of the past, and in that sense being backward-looking, rather than tagging conservatism as undemocratic, though this may certainly be subject to interpretation.Aguachilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793740269620870197noreply@blogger.com