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- colin_s1
I remember after Obama was sworn in and the liberals I knew suddenly became a lot more about "pragmatism" with policy. People were once again stat lines and numbers, no longer our fellow humans who needed care. Health care couldn't be universal because insurance is American, and Wall Street ran the treasury because they know about money and all.
I don't know, it was my first real psychologically jarring event that made me realize I was not a liberal in the least bit. These people weren't anti-war, they were pro-trendy. And once their guy was in office, suddenly it's back to business of empire.
Trump has fortunately exposed every facade in media and culture, so at least as Biden and various democrats sidestep around policy with excuses, there's a more sizeable gang on the left ready to hit back for the first time in a while.
I dunno, democrats are cowards and I for one am looking forward to four years of hitting them from the left.
- Yeah mate, that's how a lot of us feel.Khurram
- shout out to Canadian Democrats :)monospaced
- don't blame me i voted for "e-mail lady"jonny_quest_lives
- Has anyone managed to move policy significantly left in a majority conservative country that doesn't want it? Big prizes for whoever figures it out.Fax_Benson
- It does seem different this time in that the left (in US terms) now holds some actual power. Sanders is the budget chairman in the Senate and will have controlyuekit
- over what gets passed and what doesn't. I also think neoliberal wing of the party has shifted on many issues out of sheer necessity. I think the commitment toyuekit
- addressing climate change for instance is very real when you have both activists groups like Sunrise and ultra wealthy like Bill Gates, Bloomberg, Tom Steyeryuekit
- behind it. But there are still a lot of corrupt corporate Democrats motivated by other interests, so we'll see...yuekit