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Article: Can't buy me love: why the language of the marketplace shouldn't rule our moral and political thinking.
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- Sojourners Magazine
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- June 1, 2004
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It is hard to express your own beliefs if you are forced to speak in the tongue of your opponents. Arguments are lost before they begin because the terms of debate are skewed in advance. That is the position in which Democrats, liberals, and even moderates now find themselves.
One telltale sign of the shift is the extent to which the language of the economic marketplace now dominates the political discussion. We are at a point where any action that might seem good or wise on other grounds must nonetheless be defended in the market's terms. The tongue-in-check comment of Anne Lewis, a veteran of Democratic campaigns and administrations, is exceptionally, revealing: ...