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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In a reasonable world, militaries would be downsized, retrained, and retrofitted for disaster preparation and relief, IMO.
Shits gonna get real, climate wise, over the next twenty years.
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Yeah. Military-level discipline has tremendous utility... in other areas than murdering people.
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And all those boats and planes.. It makes a lot of sense.
Better than telling a bunch of armed forces to disband with no purpose.
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Don't think there's any point in history where that hasn't ended in mass anarchy. Of the non-fun variety.