It's interesting how it was always the more radical left who were the first to demand solidarity with other oppressed people.
Liberalism, not so much.
Yet now, neoliberalism publicly takes on the mantle of "freeing people" and "bringing democracy".
It's a clever trick.
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It doesn't exactly help that most of the left have moved on to ineffectual navel-gazing and internal strife.
It's really pretty depressing.
We don't get to just blame the bigots and profiteers for *all* the issues our politics face.
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I feel like I just support human decency and common sense. I think that makes me a radical.
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For some definitions of those terms, such as the ones I have a feeling you're using, sure.
Plenty of using that to disguise not really engaging with difficult questions ("but it's just common sense!"). But I know that's not what you meant.
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I think universal healthcare, publicly funded education, medical models of addiction treatment, downsized military, all just common sense ideas.
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