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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#172976: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:04:27 AM

If people actually knew the Liberals' policy statements, they'd realize that they weren't on the left end of Canada's Overton window (they might have looked like it, because the NDP went a bit to the right). They center-left to the core, pure centrist on trade and economics.

Now the Austrian Greens are indeed outsiders (who I am less familiar with), but they appear to be perfectly within the European center-left mainstream, parties like them get in government/coalitions all the time.

With Trump rapidly imploding (its hard to tell where you will be in 2 or 4 years, but he's setting an example around the world that populism is a bad idea), I wouldn't start digging the center's/center-left's grave quite yet.

And again, look at France.

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TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#172977: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:04:42 AM

[up]x4 American education will get even worse than the pitiful state that it's already in. And the majority will resist as much as possible, but they will be completely ignored, and their voices silenced for good measure.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:05:32 AM by TrashJack

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#172978: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:06:21 AM

[up][up] Canada already has a very robust welfare state in place, which is a core element of the platform of Sanders and his general sphere of the left. On social issues, Canada is one of the most successful cases of building genuinely inclusive institutions in the world. As far as France goes, I'm quite skeptical about Marcon's chances honestly; people assumed everyone would rally against Trump if he made it past the primaries, but that didn't happen, and in the French election there's every possibility that both the American and Russian intelligence agencies will be doing pro-bono opposition research on Le Pen's behalf.

If he does win, God help him if he simply tries to govern like its business as usual.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:09:24 AM by CaptainCapsase

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#172979: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:06:59 AM

[up][up] Don't give me pessimism, that's not what I wanted for an answer.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:07:10 AM by Luigisan98

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#172980: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:08:35 AM

Also, I've read stories that, between Trump's attacks on immigration, education, human rights, democracy, and civil society as a whole...foreign companies/Europe/Canada/etc smell the blood in the water that is a potential brain drain.

"Yes, we'll gladly take that Somali brain surgeon off your hands Donald!"

edited 7th Feb '17 11:09:41 AM by Rationalinsanity

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#172981: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:09:27 AM

Warren-Sanders are part of the same branch of the Democrat Party, the Progressive branch.

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#172982: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:11:14 AM

I feel like corporations should have the right to sue and be sued in return, and the right to not have their business unfairly obstructed without good cause.

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#172984: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:12:34 AM

@Rational: Europe is probably even more fucked than the United States is because of the austerity programs that were implemented in response to recession. If a brain drain goes anywhere, it'll be to China when the governments in the west cease to be appreciably better than China's authoritarian government.

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#172985: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:12:49 AM

[up][up][up] So you mean that the world may be ruled by corporacies in the future?

edited 7th Feb '17 11:13:37 AM by Luigisan98

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#172986: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:14:11 AM

[up][up] No, that was more an answer of defeatism, there should be a realistic answer of it.

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#172987: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:14:12 AM

[up][up] Probably a mixture of decadent kleptocracies and technocratic authoritarian oligarchies, the latter of which being the Chinese model, with a handful of functioning democracies here and there.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:14:48 AM by CaptainCapsase

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#172988: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:14:52 AM

[up] I meant that to Link.

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#172989: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:15:08 AM

Warren and Sanders (and progressive Democrats in general) are pretty ideologically pretty close but Sanders is not a Democrat and the critique of lefitists and those so-called Justice Democrats is all about hating every currently elected Democratic politician (ecept for Sanders, whose not a Democrat, Keith Ellison, because Sanders endorsed him, and Tulsi Gabbard because she endorsed Sanders). And hating Hillary Clinton in particular.

Since Warren does not hate the Democratic Party in general nor Hillary Clinton in particular, she doesn't pass the test.

Also, @Capsase- "I'm going to be sadly shaking my head when this place starts heiling the fuhrer to stave off the red hydra. As I said, you can either repeat the mistakes of the past or try something different." What the fuck.

I know you love to slag off on how everyone is morally inferior to you but calling us Nazis seems like a bit much even for you.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:16:35 AM by Hodor2

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#172990: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:16:48 AM

[up][up][up] Which functioning Democracies, some in Asia, Europe and America?

edited 7th Feb '17 11:17:02 AM by Luigisan98

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#172991: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:16:52 AM

[up][up] That's a bit of a strawman of the left, and as much as certain ideologues will posture and puff up there chests, I imagine most of the "justice democrats" would be more than happy to meet the center halfway.

[up] Places like Canada and Australia; the latter by virtue of it falling into China's sphere of influence in a multipolar world (and China could care less what sort of government they're dealing with so long as they get what they want from it), and the former because, thus far, Canada seems to be relatively insulated form the populist surge.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:18:53 AM by CaptainCapsase

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#172992: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:18:36 AM

[up][up][up] Yeah, I didn't exactly appreciate being called a Nazi either.

Disgusted, but not surprised
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#172993: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:19:18 AM

@Capsase: I have, let's see the direct replies in the positive posts about Warren:

On: Who speaks for Progressive Democrats? Sanders or/and Warren? Who is being considered for the 2020 presidential run?

The other top comments aren't about her. To the next post, Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Republicans For Manipulating DeVos Confirmation Rules - [03:43:

Then it goes into a back and forth about whether that's good or bad. Next, Elizabeth Warren Gives Progressives In Congress A Rousing Call To Arms Against Trump:

Only comment there. Next Elizabeth Warren To Democrats: Only an 'Opposition Party' Can Defeat Trump:

Next: Warren: Democrats need to ‘grow a backbone’

And I think I've proved my point well enough, plus I'm a bit tired of copy-pasting comments calling for her head.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:20:36 AM by IFwanderer

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#172994: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:19:48 AM

[up][up][up] And Japan?

edited 7th Feb '17 11:20:52 AM by Luigisan98

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CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#172995: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:20:00 AM

[up][up][up] I'm trying to make the point that trying to fight the left tooth and nail out of the fear that they'll enact suboptimal economic policies and weaken America's empire is the very same logic that pushed the German center into supporting the nazis. Sorry for being snide, but it's really annoying that many parts of the centrist base seem to expect the left to capitulate to them without them giving one inch of ground.

IFWander: Comments on the internet have enough chaff that you can use them to come to whatever conclusion you care to about any particular group if you cherry pick well enough. My own experience with that subreddit is that, while there's a subset of people who don't like Warren, most people like her just fine.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:22:47 AM by CaptainCapsase

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#172996: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:22:02 AM

@Luigi: I don't get how you got that from my post. That's quite a bit of a jump from "companies should be able to sue and be sued, and be able to operate without unfair obstacles" to "I want companies to rule the world"

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#172997: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:22:44 AM

You still called us nazis. Some of us happen to be descended from holocaust survivors, so how about you never say that again.

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#172998: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:23:34 AM

[up] I'm saying people on the center are in danger of falling into the very same trap that got the Nazis into power. Sorry for being so snappy and rude about it.

edited 7th Feb '17 11:24:31 AM by CaptainCapsase

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#172999: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:24:40 AM

Right, they're the ones the with the Nazi problem. Not the ones who voted for the man who just put Bannon on the National Security Council.

Oh really when?
Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#173000: Feb 7th 2017 at 11:24:42 AM

[up][up][up] Then I guess I misunderstood...

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