I think the way to reconcile my conviction that she was at heart in good faith and your thesis that she put the good of her party ahead of the good of the country is to understand that for her, the good of her party and the good of the country were basically the same thing. Her belief in the righteousness of the Conservative Party was such that it automatically followed that its success would be a national good.
This thesis is debatable - both whether it’s right and whether her assumptions are accurate - but I think it allows us both to be right. (I think it’s true and I am pretty sure it’s supported in textev - I did a lot of back reading of May’s speeches, interviews and articles when she became PM - but I am not going to go out searching so I’ll cave if challenged. I think her care for society is real, though, and I wouldn’t make that claim for anyone else on this list.
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Date: 2024-07-04 12:00 pm (UTC)I think the way to reconcile my conviction that she was at heart in good faith and your thesis that she put the good of her party ahead of the good of the country is to understand that for her, the good of her party and the good of the country were basically the same thing. Her belief in the righteousness of the Conservative Party was such that it automatically followed that its success would be a national good.
This thesis is debatable - both whether it’s right and whether her assumptions are accurate - but I think it allows us both to be right. (I think it’s true and I am pretty sure it’s supported in textev - I did a lot of back reading of May’s speeches, interviews and articles when she became PM - but I am not going to go out searching so I’ll cave if challenged. I think her care for society is real, though, and I wouldn’t make that claim for anyone else on this list.