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Re: I think it started to change in the 1980s Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 27/06/2017 09:05:23 PM

There's been such a split that I usually try to make the distinction between "leftists" and "progressives," with the former focusing more on labor issues and the latter focusing more on identity politics. There is of course substantial overlap, but there are a lot of pissed off members of each group who want nothing to do with the other. The vitriol hurled between the Clinton and Sanders camps is a good example of that mechanic at work.


View original postIf you look at the pre-Woodstock/hippie culture in America, you see the phrase "liberal" applied to people in the Democratic Party who were for civil liberties (free speech, free press, etc. ) and who also believed in the New Deal and the idea of the safety net. This was back when the American Civil Liberties Union fought tooth and nail to let the Nazi Party march through Skokie, Illinois, and most of the Left supported the ACLU position as much as they hated the Nazis (1977).

This, unfortunately, seems to be a dying breed. You either get yelled at by scrawny Antifa wannabes for allowing conservatives to walk the streets unmolested or you get labelled a racist for saying college students shouldn't pull fire alarms to interrupt speakers with shitty views.

"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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Case study of the damage liberalism can do - $15 Min Wage - 27/06/2017 01:54:54 AM 1339 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 683 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 704 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 632 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 676 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 698 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 684 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 655 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 607 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 639 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 643 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 634 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 686 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 642 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 604 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 489 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 360 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 706 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 654 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 654 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 643 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 774 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 432 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 445 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 671 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 633 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 629 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 701 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 738 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 608 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 625 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 565 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 668 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 644 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 648 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 649 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 729 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 595 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 650 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 785 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 399 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 430 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 769 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 619 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 603 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 591 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 776 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 387 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 658 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 715 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 574 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 621 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 663 Views
Don't say "liberalism" - there's nothing liberal about them. Say "Leftism". *NM* - 27/06/2017 05:07:36 PM 356 Views
I was thinking the same. Even in the US, that's a weird context to use that word in. *NM* - 27/06/2017 05:50:21 PM 392 Views
Most Americans have no idea about the historical context of Liberalism. - 27/06/2017 06:03:38 PM 626 Views
But even so, surely even in the US the main connotation is with social progressives, not economic? - 27/06/2017 06:28:54 PM 619 Views
I think it started to change in the 1980s - 27/06/2017 07:14:26 PM 528 Views
Re: I think it started to change in the 1980s - 27/06/2017 09:05:23 PM 612 Views

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