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In reply to the discussion: Seriously, What The Hell Does Hillary Clinton Stand For? [View all]kaleckim
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People are making these decisions based on the actual impact of policies. Students, for example, respond to Sanders' call for universal college education because they are massively in debt. Working people are flocking to Sanders, especially younger working people, because he opposes a horrible trade model that makes actual development and protecting the environment nearly impossible and because they are screwed in this economic system if there aren't radical changes. It isn't the left's fault that we have been right in our critiques of these policies, that our predictions came true, or that our alternatives are popular and would probably improve the situation. It seems that Clinton supporters feel outraged that they have to finally answer to the left, to address the left's critiques. Her husband was just used to ramming through NAFTA, the WTO, and gutting social programs that benefited the poor and basically telling the left that it had nowhere to go. Those days are over, and many Democrats seem to feel they don't need to answer to the record of policies they've supported. Well they do, or there will be short and long term consequences. The country has changed, and Clinton is deluded if she thinks we can continue on the path that started largely with Reagan without major consequences.