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In reply to the discussion: Seriously, What The Hell Does Hillary Clinton Stand For? [View all]kaleckim
(651 posts)The actual data on trade deals is horrible. Look at the US trade balance with Canada and Mexico before and after NAFTA, then look at the impact that has had on jobs, union organizing, wages, and the power differential between capital and labor. How about the other trade deals? What has the impact been with Obama's biggest trade deal, the South Korean deal? Horrible. What about the actual impact of the WTO, not only in regards to trade, but also sovereignty (the investor state disputes, also an issues in the trade deals) and our democracy. You know that the US just fought, at a time of climate change that may doom human civilization, and won a case at the WTO versus India over solar panels? It fought hard to make it so that India didn't support its local solar panel industry. Instead of saving the damn planet, our trade model wants to make sure to protect US solar panel producers. Shouldn't it be all hands on deck at this point?
Please explain what is "progressive" about that trade model? The word progressive is on its way to being useless, just like the word liberal. I think Assata Shakur nailed it.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/04/21/liberals-attacks-on-cornel-west-expose-their-political-bankruptcy/
I have never really understood exactly what a liberal is, since I have heard liberals express every conceivable opinion on every conceivable subject. As far as I can tell, you have the extreme right, who are fascist racist capitalist dogs like Ronald Reagan, who come right out and let you know where theyre coming from. And on the opposite end, you have the left, who are supposed to be committed to justice, equality, and human rights. And somewhere between those two points is the liberal.
As far as Im concerned, liberal is the most meaningless word in the dictionary.