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- colin_s4
I honestly can't tell the politics of this board, other than "Trump=bad."
I want to know in what world those who would consider themselves 'moderate / progressives / liberals' think that Trump is some random system error.
Since Reagan, America's systemic deregulation and post-new deal embrace of private industry has begun this global trend toward markets dominating governments. It already does in many smaller regions, but Trump is an example of capitalism's success in being what some people call freedom.
This neoliberalist belief that the market is above all, yet the state should hand out welfare checks, is the most awful kind of selfish cynicism. It lauds wealth, assists in creating social disruption by the smallest of income gaps, and destroys the hope of galvanizing the left toward actual social progress.
"Unions" and "Socialists" are bad but y'all enjoy your fucking weekends enough. What this country needs is a hard turn to the left - a massive infrastructure, new-New-Deal investment in digital and physical growth in America - a massive tax on the tech sector for information consumption of private citizens as resource, an even larger tax re-write to close off-shore loop holes for corporations and citizens alike.
Allow for inflation, because it's necessary, and re-invest in education - especially media and sciences. Cut the military budget - at least in terms of world policing - by at least a quarter. Nationalize health care / develop a single payer system. Leave Afghanistan, and while I fully understand the proxy wars going on Syria and Iraq right now, gtfo of there too.
Seriously these days are not the days for middle of the road bullshit or you're gonna get pulled off.
- It is highly likely this is about to happen in the UK in the not too distant future, we will keep you posted on how it goes.fadein11
- just get yourself a sexy leader and it'll all straighten itself out.
https://mattsko.file…_niko - for some people: socialist ≠ liberaloey
- for some people neoliberal = liberal.fadein11
- LOL @ fadein11...good calloey
- Support everything you said colin. And I don't think unions or socialists are bad.allthethings
- I agree with you, but I'd say that is middle of the road and moderate.formed
- unions tend to be hijacked by socialists who think they have a right to them.Fax_Benson
- the UK is gonna have an interesting combo with Corbyn's rising and Brexit loomincolin_s
- the world has become so right leaning that I guess liberal = neoliberal now?inteliboy
- @inteliboy - nope liberal and neoliberal are 2 completely separate things that seem to get confused. Neoliberalism is all about free market capitalism.fadein11