In the discussion thread: Mustn't we reevaluate our party since it is is going through a right wing realignment? [View all]
Response to forjusticethunders (Reply #84)
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:49 PM
nadinbrzezinski (154,021 posts)
86. First off, read history as to why that has happened
do start with the Turner Raids. It is instructive. Then cross to the rise of the New Left, some of whom have become far right. As to the intersectional and marginalized, that left was marginalized a while ago. We are where we are is not accidental. And I am not blaming the people who were propagandized to believe Sanders is a damn commie, for example, when we actually have real commies in the country, as marginalized and inconsequential as they are right now.
I also recommend you read thomas Frank's excellent book on this, "Listen Liberal." by the way, with the rise of two right wing parties, that new left will rise, and I do not mean the 1960s version either. It is bubbling around you, |
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