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In reply to the discussion: Social Justice is the ONLY Path to Economic Prosperity for Workers in This Country [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)22. ALL of HISTORY proves this argument to be beyond dumb and dishonest.
Dismantling democracy and growing both authoritarianism and rampant inequality are incompatible with growing the rights of marginalized and minority groups. Minority groups don't retain their rights in rampantly unequal and authoritarian societies.
All you need to do is look at history.
Neliberals are a menace to democracy. Their policies aggressively dismantle democratic protections, and they skyrocket inequality. Neoliberals are a menace to the very democratic and economic systems that all of history teaches us are necessary for vulnerable groups to be empowered.
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McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
OP
Whether we like it or not a great many jobs are going away and not being replaced
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#1
Nearly 15,000 posts you have, and you don't know what a neoliberal is.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#43
You mean like FDR interring the Japanese during WWII? That kind of illegal stuff?
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#73
If we had heeded the lesson of history, we would not have had the crash of 2008.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#84
Corporate neocolonialism is sold with the same sweet smell of the old colonialism
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#60
While I know the traditional meaning of neoliberal I'm not really bound to it
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#75
+1 Purposeful obfuscation is the MO of the corporate coup targeting our democracy.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#92
Hijack? As in what you are doing by introducing "Hillary is Neoliberal" in a thread about social
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#76
What do "neoliberalism" and "neocolonialism" have to do with each other besides the "neo" part?
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#67
Mostly I think it references the different players and the different contexts
HereSince1628
Feb 2015
#77
If you know how to read them, polls are very reliable. More than the tabulated vote sometimes.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#56
This is why we cannot get the changes we really need. You need to support the candidate that
Dustlawyer
Feb 2015
#45
We'd need a parliamentary government to beak free of the two party system.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#59
I have good news for you! Economic progressives are GREAT on social justice issues!!
stillwaiting
Feb 2015
#6
Except when they are putting economics ahead of social justice issues. n/t
1StrongBlackMan
Feb 2015
#104
Let me ask you, That unwed mother is poor, those Koch Brothers are a nasty peice of work but when is
Autumn
Feb 2015
#7
No, the dismantling of democracy and the increase of authoritarianism and inequality
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#11
I agree with you 100% and only have to look at the "quality" of the posters doing their damndest
Number23
Feb 2015
#124
"What we can't do is focus solely on civil rights and hope the money will follow"........
socialist_n_TN
Feb 2015
#70
That post you just agreed with seems to be in direct conflict with the point of your own OP.
Number23
Feb 2015
#125
I don't think that a change in economic power would wipe out bias overnight........
socialist_n_TN
Feb 2015
#106
Are people disagreeing with the premise of McCamy's post, or the mention of Hillary?
OneGrassRoot
Feb 2015
#17
Yeah, I'm having a hard time understanding that, too. Thanks, boston bean. :) n/t
OneGrassRoot
Feb 2015
#32
I don't think the two should be separated, and at one time, for Dems, they weren't.
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#33
Right, Bill Clinton signed DOMA in the 90s, and now marriage equality is the rule, not the exception
eridani
Feb 2015
#128
No, social justice is not way up. We were doing OK in the 1970s, but then Reagan
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#52
There have definitely been reverses, particularly in reproductive rights,
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#57
Self empowerment. Does that mean "bootstraps"? Too bad some kids don't have boots.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#31
I don't understand where the idea that social justice hasn't changed anything.
boston bean
Feb 2015
#36
I don't think the term "social justice" has been used in the same way throughout
winter is coming
Feb 2015
#47
ALL of HISTORY proves this argument to be beyond dumb and dishonest.
woo me with science
Feb 2015
#22
The tone of the responses is almost deafening. To me, it makes the case...nitpicking, criticizing
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#51
People can arrive at the same conclusions through different approaches.
lumberjack_jeff
Feb 2015
#62
Oh, is this the meme wherein we need to be nice to the poor bankers, and just be
djean111
Feb 2015
#82
Hell no! I posted in 2008 that we needed our own Ferdinand Pecora and I still say we do.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#94
Awesome OP but are you sure right wingers 'hate and fear Hillary Clinton'? The
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#93
Uh... yeah. I'm sure. Back in 2008 it took me three mega long OPs to chronicle all the ways
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2015
#98
Hmm, that's interesting. Perhaps I shall have to examine Ms. Clinton anew with a
KingCharlemagne
Feb 2015
#103