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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 1421 Views
Seattle is a poor choice for a case study - 27/06/2017 05:31:18 AM 768 Views
Well, sure, but many of those non-entry level jobs are being held by baby boomers. - 27/06/2017 06:09:40 AM 774 Views
That's at least in part because the minimum wage makes automation more cost-effective - 27/06/2017 11:04:28 AM 676 Views
That is an incredibly silly argument. - 27/06/2017 08:56:09 PM 757 Views
If you assume wages can't go lower... - 29/06/2017 04:52:33 AM 772 Views
Many? - 27/06/2017 12:30:39 PM 759 Views
Amen. - 27/06/2017 07:21:47 PM 737 Views
Yes, many. My office is full of them. - 27/06/2017 08:59:55 PM 684 Views
So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 715 Views
Re: So is life. - 27/06/2017 09:49:21 PM 689 Views
My father worked two jobs his entire working life. - 27/06/2017 09:56:56 PM 719 Views
We have a 40 hour work week for a reason. - 27/06/2017 10:17:15 PM 761 Views
That's a piss-poor analogy - 27/06/2017 10:23:04 PM 712 Views
How is that really relevant, then? - 27/06/2017 11:03:34 PM 670 Views
I am really enjoying this new-fangled "like" feature we have now. *NM* - 28/06/2017 12:13:42 AM 528 Views
*NM* - 28/06/2017 12:25:45 AM 392 Views
Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:20:47 AM 785 Views
Re: Personal choice - 28/06/2017 12:32:31 AM 732 Views
In theory I agree with your ideas about a living wage, however - 28/06/2017 12:16:56 PM 738 Views
Very good questions - 28/06/2017 03:01:02 PM 722 Views
FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY SPACE COMMUNISM. - 28/06/2017 07:49:59 PM 842 Views
damn *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:29:01 PM 466 Views
Just retire already, you luddite! *NM* - 27/06/2017 09:45:46 PM 472 Views
I wish. - 27/06/2017 09:48:02 PM 743 Views
Bad life decisions lead to bad life consequences - 28/06/2017 05:44:58 PM 699 Views
You also shouldn't respond to it by letting them die. - 28/06/2017 07:53:10 PM 715 Views
But this same arguement can be flipped by.... - 28/06/2017 10:34:25 PM 775 Views
I feel like you're making my arguments for me here. - 28/06/2017 10:51:38 PM 808 Views
an apt comparison - 28/06/2017 11:09:25 PM 676 Views
So everyone who "can't" - 29/06/2017 09:49:41 AM 709 Views
ummm - 29/06/2017 02:06:54 PM 633 Views
I know. And I disagree with you. - 29/06/2017 04:58:45 PM 747 Views
Health care and minimum wage are different discussions - 29/06/2017 05:14:07 PM 723 Views
I think nossy and I are ok with letting lazy people get by... - 29/06/2017 08:11:36 PM 720 Views
Si - 29/06/2017 09:08:03 PM 722 Views
Who said that? - 29/06/2017 09:47:32 PM 793 Views
Who said what? - 29/06/2017 10:32:12 PM 668 Views
There is a huge difference.... - 29/06/2017 05:10:05 PM 729 Views
Why does McDonalds keep coming up in this? - 29/06/2017 06:53:46 AM 860 Views
Nicely said. Or written. *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:30:06 AM 435 Views
All right, so what society without minimum wage do you point to as a model? *NM* - 29/06/2017 09:39:12 AM 464 Views
How about "all the ones we had before the 20th century"? - 29/06/2017 10:47:30 PM 842 Views
The ones where hunger and scarcity were widespread? - 29/06/2017 11:04:02 PM 696 Views
So just to put this out there... - 29/06/2017 11:12:47 PM 679 Views
Re: So just to put this out there... - 30/06/2017 01:34:03 AM 663 Views
Yes, and me being SUCH a fan of urbanization... - 30/06/2017 03:39:51 PM 872 Views
I for one am entirely unsuprised. Common sense result. *NM* - 27/06/2017 06:23:01 AM 420 Views
Seems like a methodology to identify struggling operations more than one to evaluate... - 27/06/2017 10:25:30 AM 707 Views
But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 12:47:13 AM 800 Views
You are a Husky? TIL clover is one of the Huskies. - 28/06/2017 02:26:46 AM 648 Views
Re: But the traffic is the WORST. - 28/06/2017 10:38:54 AM 698 Views
Just to nitpick, Switzerland isn't exactly homogeneous. - 28/06/2017 10:28:01 PM 748 Views
Don't say "liberalism" - there's nothing liberal about them. Say "Leftism". *NM* - 27/06/2017 05:07:36 PM 390 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 422 Views
Most Americans have no idea about the historical context of Liberalism. - 27/06/2017 06:03:38 PM 704 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 705 Views
I think it started to change in the 1980s - 27/06/2017 07:14:26 PM 599 Views
Re: I think it started to change in the 1980s - 27/06/2017 09:05:23 PM 676 Views

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