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In reply to the discussion: "Baby, You're a Rich Man" [View all]BainsBane
(53,032 posts)52. "Someone who cares about the welfare of the people"
VERY well said, Murielm99.
"If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip our polices abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I am proud to say I'm a "Liberal."
That thinking is being replaced by an ideology focused on self, an appeal to nihilism, where the idea of blowing up the system matters more than the lives of the most vulnerable destroyed. Removing wealth and privilege from the idea of elitism empowers a renewed form class and race oppression, in which the white, largely male, middle and upper-middle class justify their right to uncontested control through appeals to ego. The obscenely wealthy like Susan Sarandon call for revolution and express glee that the people are so "energized" under the fascist regime they wished on America. She and others lecture from a potion of stunning ignorance those who have literally risked their lives to fight for the rights of Latinos to unionize or women to have access to reproductive care.
The bourgeoisie claims that they, who sit at the top 2% of global incomes, are the truly oppressed, and that the poor, people of color, and single women struggling to get by are "elites" for failure to affirm that the only thing that matters are the views of a minority of white men certain that anyone who disagrees with them is "elite," or "corporatist," despite living at or below the poverty level. It is obscene in its callousness.
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sanders was a superdelegate. by your own definition that makes him a liberal elite. nt
msongs
Apr 2017
#4
My choice is the progressive bottom-up approach over the alternative, top-down approach.
democrank
Apr 2017
#5
If you don't like the rabid right wing, stop using their terms to smear Dems/liberals
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#59
You gave the "dictionary definition" of ELITE. "Liberal Elite" is a right wing-smear.
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#85
He was right. The louder they are the more likely it is you hit the target.
beam me up scottie
Apr 2017
#76
Also the claim that you are marginalized because you supported Bernie is nonsense
BainsBane
Apr 2017
#56
Spend less time demonizing your liberal allies and more time fighting the right wing.
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#57
What's silly is falsely claiming there's a vast ideological divide between Progressives and Liberals
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#122
Those who thought that the Sanders campaign was solely (or even primarily) about him....
YoungDemCA
Apr 2017
#65
There's a strong pattern of condescension in all your replies to those who don't agree with you.
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#90
Sanders raised more money than Clinton because so many small donors flocked to him.
YoungDemCA
Apr 2017
#92
So you are going to deny Webb and Chaffee ran? They both were in the debates.
emulatorloo
Apr 2017
#155
Thank you for speaking, and acting, for the core of this progressive party...
NeoGreen
Apr 2017
#153