1. Like all sane people I would rather be covered in honey & eaten by a bear rather than revisit the Hillary versus Bernie debate.
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9. Post-Mill, all major liberal thinkers (Russell, Dewey, Rawls, Bobbio) have pushed for a conciliation of liberalism with social democracy
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10. That's the theory. Practical reality is messier. In USA, major liberal party (Dems) has complicated relationship with socialism.
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11. On one hand, long history of Democrats actively repressing socialists (jailing Debs, Truman admin, COINTELPRO & Sullivan at FBI)
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12. But aside from suppressing socialist movements, Dems have also selective incorporate many socialist reforms
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13. With socialism now more active in USA than anytime since 1960s, question is with Dems go path of suppression or co-option.
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14. I go into greater detail about the entangled politics of liberalism & socialism here:https://newrepublic.com/article/144973/sibling-rivalry-liberals-socialists-common-inheritance-work-together-defeat-trump …
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15. Now, you may ask, how does all this fit in with Fake Melania. Let me explain....
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And realized it through running for Parliament, and pushing to get MPs paid.
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I thought he was particularly ill on a half-pint of shandy, but I may be getting my history lessons confused.
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