There is no better way to absolve man of his failings than to devise a state program to cover for him. — NOS4A2
In retrospect, it probably would have been in the best interest of the progressive caucus to blink on the infrastructure bill before their party lost the Virginia governor's seat and almost losing New Jersey. Based on the narrow margins, it could easily have made the difference. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Lmao the US military are mall cops of oil corporations. — StreetlightX
AOC would be the front runner now IMHO. — Count Timothy von Icarus
identity plays a core role in ideology. — Count Timothy von Icarus
You're probably right but it's funny to see someone call an institution of war criminals and murderers that preys on the poor a socialist institution. — StreetlightX
The old GOP and Trumpists are way further apart on policy than the progressive and center Dems, right? — Count Timothy von Icarus
Trump had no policies and no ideology. — Xtrix
fundamental nature is the ass-opposite of everything the right stands for. — James Riley
It's fundamental nature is killing poor people for American corporations. I'd say it stands for exactly what the right does. And so too what passes for 'the left' in America too frankly. — StreetlightX
Mmm, which is I suppose why you and your ilk unconditionally flag carry for one of the most agressive foreign policy war hawks to have ever breathed oxygen. — StreetlightX
A devil who cheats on his wife, grabs pussy, cusses — James Riley
Exactly.Globalization allowed liberalism to be disembedded. It was a tool for undermining labor. — frank
Or basically, you can't play hardball when you're the least popular faction in government, which progressives are in polling, in votes, and in seats. — Count Timothy von Icarus
These aren't problems, they are nice to haves. Give me whatever big asshole is available to keep the welfare state viable in the Netherlands, instead of austerity, and I'll vote for him. — Benkei
Opening the barriers for money and financial capital to move around freely and then have competition with labor costs basically undermined the previous system where labor regulation and wages were done at the nation level. — ssu
My point is that since you have such a multitude of different actors in this, it simply isn't so that all actors adhered to one "socioeconomic program" of neoliberalism. — ssu
My point is that since you have such a multitude of different actors in this, it simply isn't so that all actors adhered to one "socioeconomic program" of neoliberalism. I doubt that the Chinese or Vietnamese leaders were preaching the same mantra as people in the US, but they were keen to have a growing export sector. — ssu
Speaking of neoliberalism, the debt-ridden, big government policies that led to it are now occurring once again. Stagflation? — NOS4A2
Yeah, $7 trillion/ten-year defense budges will do that to you. Anyway, no matter how high inflation gets, do you think we will ever pay true cost for anything? Wouldn't that be nice.
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