The Axis of Zach
A really cool post that just came to my attention. David Frum, former George W. Bush speechwriter, has quoted me at length in his latest essay for his website The New Majority.
Shopping at Whole Foods is only the first step toward the kind of food culture favored by people like Pollan and Cohen. Still, you know what they say about the journey of a thousand miles.
Now comes the moment of revelation: Whole Foods is not only for liberals. Its CEO thinks that free marketeers have something to contribute to the healthcare debate. What do you know, he turns out to be something of a free marketeer himself. And the reaction in some of the liberal world is outrage and a desire to punish. When push comes to shove, “progressives” do think and feel exactly as Zachary Cohen wished to acquit them of thinking and feeling. They see their food culture as a symbol of belonging, more than as a valuable cause in its own right. And they are prepared to sacrifice the cause in order to defend their claim to the symbol.
Do us both a favor, and go read the whole thing:
“When push comes to shove, “progressives” do think and feel exactly as Zachary Cohen wished to acquit them of thinking and feeling. They see their food culture as a symbol of belonging, more than as a valuable cause in its own right. And they are prepared to sacrifice the cause in order to defend their claim to the symbol.”
Wow, David is making some pretty broad assumptions about this progressive… kind of annoys me when people do that. Sort makes their argument a lot less convincing as well.
Possibly. I have found many progressives who don't want me in the
local foods movement. They have made that plainly clear.