One problem with anti-systems politics unmoored to class identity or coherent ideology is that when defeated it can easily move in a reactionary direction. Tom Watson (the original Tom Watson) is emblematic. We're seeing some of that in the dirtbag left today, alas.
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I confess I'm lost. Which Tom Watson? You probably don't mean the golfer.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Watson …
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All the Tom Watsons! But in particular this one:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Watson …
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Since when is substantive inequality a liberal value? I think there's a confusion here between liberalism, which seeks to minimize inequality, and the sort of sociopathic capitalism that right wingers push.
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It's dishonest usage because they use the definition of "liberal" from other countries in reference to the U.S.
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So I think I'm really online and following stuff but I don't know to what this refers.
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Can you learn how to use a colon properly
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I'm sure someone who sincerely gave a shit would punctuate their own sentences, but fwiw: "A colon, however, connects two clauses in a specific way, indicating that the second clause expands on the first."https://style.mla.org/colons-how-to-use-them …
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that doesn't make sense. populism is responding to Conservative policies
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Read Sinclair Lewis', "It Can't Happen Here" and get back to us.
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