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The establishment strikes back: The New York and Washington chattering class thinks Walz is too far left
(robertreich.substack.com)
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Every time I hear anyone talking about how Harris and/or Walz are "so far to the left" it makes me want to vote for them even harder.
Walz was absolutely correct when he talked about his policies in Minnesota being "common sense." Because liberalism and progressivism is sensible.
There is such a thing as “too far left” in US politics. You could say that voting for anyone who will continue America’s support for genocide is unacceptable, even if the alternative is violent naked fascism. You could say that we should arm ourselves against the Oathkeepers and attack them physically if they come to our city. You could say that all police agencies are an open force for evil and should be abolished. Those are real things that people think, that right or wrong, I think someone could say are “far left” if a US presidential candidate started saying them.
School lunch and unions are not “far left”. Honestly, it might be good for the base, but I think all they’re accomplishing by saying those are “far left” is making “left” sound good to people.
To fascists, anything left of Reagan is "far left". The Overton window nowadays would probably consider Reagan centrist...
My brother in Christ, Reagan is far left to these assholes
His Shining Beacon on the Hill Speech would have drawn death threats apon him.
Yeah and he didn’t want to ally with the Russians to defeat his domestic enemies