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Whether we like it or not a great many jobs are going away and not being replaced Fumesucker Feb 2015 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Broward Feb 2015 #9
I challenge the neoliberals dispensing these talking points woo me with science Feb 2015 #14
Ok, I'll bite. What is a "neoliberal"? McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #27
Nearly 15,000 posts you have, and you don't know what a neoliberal is. woo me with science Feb 2015 #43
Neo-liberal defined Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #50
I still don't get what a neoliberal is supposed to be. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #55
I guess it depends on what you stand for. Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #61
So LBJ was a neoliberal because he took money from Brown & Root McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #69
LBJ gave them the war in Vietnam? Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #74
"LBJ had little choice but to commit to the Voting Rights Act" Sigh. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #79
Seeing what we are dealing with today, Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #83
The CIA dumped the coke in the 1980s. In the 1960s, they dumped heroin. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #86
Ok, I googled it. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #58
The term is more evolved than that. Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #66
You mean like FDR interring the Japanese during WWII? That kind of illegal stuff? McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #73
McCamy, you keep mentioning presidents, as if they Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #78
If we had heeded the lesson of history, we would not have had the crash of 2008. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #84
I don't see where the disconnect is with us. Baitball Blogger Feb 2015 #90
"Neo-liberal" = Not joining the revolution ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #95
Corporate neocolonialism is sold with the same sweet smell of the old colonialism HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #60
A tactic of Third Way propaganda woo me with science Feb 2015 #64
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
Neocons and neoliberals have so much in common, woo me with science Feb 2015 #71
Mostly I think it references the different players and the different contexts HereSince1628 Feb 2015 #77
Nonsense. 99Forever Feb 2015 #2
Apparently phenomenally so. woo me with science Feb 2015 #41
Yep. 99Forever Feb 2015 #44
I hope, so much, dotymed Feb 2015 #48
I couldn't agree more. 99Forever Feb 2015 #68
Gullible? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #101
Very. That is why we do not have socialism in this country. Yet. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #3
Sen Sanders aspirant Feb 2015 #4
Yes, if he runs. Is he running? McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #19
We will know in March aspirant Feb 2015 #23
I'll get back with you when I see the polls. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #29
You rely on polls? aspirant Feb 2015 #42
If you know how to read them, polls are very reliable. More than the tabulated vote sometimes. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #56
Read them, are they like books? aspirant Feb 2015 #72
This is why we cannot get the changes we really need. You need to support the candidate that Dustlawyer Feb 2015 #45
Agreed, no more "lesser of two evils." dotymed Feb 2015 #53
We'd need a parliamentary government to beak free of the two party system. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #59
IDK dotymed Feb 2015 #65
Eugene Debs never came close to pulling a 3rd Party upset ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #102
Utter ... sendero Feb 2015 #5
I have good news for you! Economic progressives are GREAT on social justice issues!! stillwaiting Feb 2015 #6
Thanks .. sendero Feb 2015 #8
Except when they are putting economics ahead of social justice issues. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #104
Economic justice and social justice MUST be fought for simultaneously. stillwaiting Feb 2015 #105
Agreed; but, go back and read what ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #116
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
Julian Castro. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #34
Julian Castro does give a nice speech. Autumn Feb 2015 #35
Hillary Clinton McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author Autumn Feb 2015 #40
The last 30-plus years in this country suggest otherwise. Broward Feb 2015 #10
No, the dismantling of democracy and the increase of authoritarianism and inequality woo me with science Feb 2015 #11
Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #12
There's a bunch of "progressives" who sound just like right wingers boston bean Feb 2015 #13
Social Justice Warriors? McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #25
Ayup, been called that in a dismissive/rude way, many times. boston bean Feb 2015 #28
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #107
I agree with you 100% and only have to look at the "quality" of the posters doing their damndest Number23 Feb 2015 #124
Not seeing the forest for the trees - TBF Feb 2015 #15
Herman Cain and others come to mind Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #37
I'm brazen enough to expect both at once. n/t winter is coming Feb 2015 #39
As a socialist who is female I often TBF Feb 2015 #46
"What we can't do is focus solely on civil rights and hope the money will follow"........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2015 #70
Agree. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #88
That post you just agreed with seems to be in direct conflict with the point of your own OP. Number23 Feb 2015 #125
I agree with this as well. This discussion reminds me... OneGrassRoot Feb 2015 #96
I don't think that a change in economic power would wipe out bias overnight........ socialist_n_TN Feb 2015 #106
Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #110
I don't know. Maybe I did...... socialist_n_TN Feb 2015 #121
Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #123
I don't dispute your points about capitalism at all... OneGrassRoot Feb 2015 #120
Well see that the thing, it's ALL interconnected...... socialist_n_TN Feb 2015 #122
Indeed. I'm totally in agreement with that. :) n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2015 #129
They got theirs ......... but fuck everyone else Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #49
So Hillary is the answer to Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #16
No. Social Justice is the Answer. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #26
Are people disagreeing with the premise of McCamy's post, or the mention of Hillary? OneGrassRoot Feb 2015 #17
The premise of the OP. Look at the last 30 years of American life. winter is coming Feb 2015 #21
Wow, fascinating... OneGrassRoot Feb 2015 #24
There are many, even "progressives" who feel income equality boston bean Feb 2015 #30
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
You're right... OneGrassRoot Feb 2015 #130
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
See my post #15 and the followup - I disagree with her entire premise. nt TBF Feb 2015 #80
MLK Jr's "Poor People's Campaign" McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #18
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #111
I disagree because there is more than one way to economic prosperity Harmony Blue Feb 2015 #20
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
It's common sense that neither stands on their own. boston bean Feb 2015 #54
Social justice HAS helped economic justice. For instance McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #63
Self empowerment has been the cornerstone of the left Harmony Blue Feb 2015 #85
Bootstraps are the Repubs core economic policy. aspirant Feb 2015 #89
The idea of self improvement and self determination Harmony Blue Feb 2015 #100
Dedicated meditation aspirant Feb 2015 #113
hard work DonCoquixote Feb 2015 #126
Hard work is not longer sufficient. winter is coming Feb 2015 #127
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
Great post. And on topic, too! McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #91
ROFL! Actually, that post is predictable ad hominem woo me with science Feb 2015 #108
Thank you for sharing. n/t libdem4life Feb 2015 #118
Great Post! I only wish to add... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2015 #114
Thanks...and agree. libdem4life Feb 2015 #119
People can arrive at the same conclusions through different approaches. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #62
Without a doubt this is as true as true can be gotten madokie Feb 2015 #81
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
We are like mere dogs trying to understand the internet. woo me with science Feb 2015 #109
Thank you for speaking up libodem Feb 2015 #87
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
^ This. She is establishment TBF Feb 2015 #99
Word salad as OP. n/t brentspeak Feb 2015 #97
^^^ Nailed it. ^^^ woo me with science Feb 2015 #112
social and economic justice are fought side by side Ramses Feb 2015 #115
These topics often drop like a stone on DU daredtowork Feb 2015 #117
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