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Red Tory takes what's best of both the Left and Right. Blond calls it a "red Tory" communitarianism, socially conservative but sceptical of neoliberal economics.
Basically, like the Right, they uphold family, traditional values but also seek true social justice.
The only real power today is in the State and the Market, but Red Tories say both ought to be subservient to the community.
So, like the Right, it seeks to decentralize the Sate; but like the Left, it tries to counter the tyranny of the Market.
Instead of a welfare state or a market state it promotes strengthening local communities with local economies.
It draws on an old conservative tradition with the goal of an egalitarian distribution of private property with participatory economics; shared assets and modernized mutualism coupled with genuinely free markets.
Red Tories are against monopoly capitalism but believe in a true free market; capitalism with a small 'c'.
They think the market should be subservient to the communities needs.
Red Tories prescription is to `recapitalise the poor' and share the capitalist means of wealth production so there's "no proletariat upon the one side, and no monopolising capitalist upon the other," as Belloc says in The Servile State, which inspires much of what Blond has to say.
Blond clearly lays out his program with down to earth practical solutions using real world examples.
He is an Anglican theologian and the Red Tory movement is causing quite a bit of excitement in the Christian communities.
Although Blond aims much of this book specifically at the UK, it is coupled with American politics as well, so he talks about Thatcher/Regean, Bush/Blair.
Also included is a very erudite chapter on the economic collapse, its deep rooted causes, and a real paradigm shift for evaluating what needs to be done.
I never do reviews, but this book is the future of politics. No kidding, highly recommended!
- Paperback: 309 pages
- Publisher: Faber & Faber; Main edition (May 1, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0571251676
- ISBN-13: 978-0571251674
- Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.9 x 8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Customer Reviews: 4 customer reviews
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,716,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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