< screw the disadvantaged. All the bad things about anarchism, just with a tax-paid screen of protection for the rich
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As with every "ism" what is the ideal and what is realized can be completely dissonant. The human paradox. What's left?
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Indeed. Hence my support for Elizabeth Warren / Bernie Sanders socialism, but with *a little* pragmatism to get things through
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I like them both but admit that I don't like seeing Bernie getting bitter and Warren's intelligence distracted by Trump fights.
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Agreed, on both points. I voted for Corbyn as Labour leader here, our nearest Bernie equiv, but I'd vote Hillary there, per >
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< for the same reasons @kurafire mentions here: medium.com/@kurafire/why-im-…, mainly
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Interesting. I have reservations about Clinton. She could lead us down a very dangerous path also. I don't trust her.
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Oh agreed—I don't like quite how cynical and pragmatic the system has required her to be. But Bernie wouldn't get >
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< a thing through a hostile Congress and is *terrible* with disadvantaged minorities. Hillary better on those fronts>
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"Better the devil" - and therein lies the big ol' rub! The frontrunners are diabolical indeed.
Jun 9, 2016 · 11:13 AM UTC
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