McCain, el colectivista

Al menos así lo caracteriza David Boaz en el WSJ:

John McCain also denounces "self-indulgence" and insists that Americans serve "a national purpose that is greater than our individual interests."

[...] to many of us, these gauzy phrases sound warm and comforting. But their purpose is to disparage and denigrate our own lives, to belittle our own pursuit of happiness. They're concepts better suited to a more collectivist country than to one founded in libertarian revolution – a revolution intended to defend our rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Lo que ayuda a comprender el cabreo monumental de El Curmudgeon Emeritus, que hace unos días llamaba a la rebelión (II y III) frente a la deriva del partido Republicano:

There comes a point when the necessity of disaffiliation, to the point of outright rebellion, from a formerly treasured institution becomes inescapable. That point is reached when the institution turns against the goals which moved us to affiliate with it.

Your Curmudgeon refers, of course, to the Republican Party.

Alguno puede ver una analogía en el castigo que está recibiendo el PP, si hemos de creer esta vez al CIS, y sugerir que las enmiendas a la ponencia política del proximo congreso sean de mayor calado. Aunque yo creo que nada tiene que ver. La traición de los Republicanos es mucho peor que la de los populares, que apenas es tal, incluso para los que nos hemos querido engañar durante estos años.