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Armstead

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7. Great article...This hits nail on head
Fri Nov 20, 2015, 04:59 PM
Nov 2015

"Bernie Sanders’s socialism is Eisenhower’s and F.D.R.’s world if Reagan had never happened: economic security updated by the continuing revolutions in gender, cultural pluralism, and the struggle for racial justice. ... Eisenhower’s world lacked a name for its settlement between government and markets partly because that settlement was the new normal, and the normal doesn’t need a name.

Mature capitalism was supposed to produce only a moderate level of inequality. A strong government, staffed by public-minded experts, would iron out economic wrinkles. The remaining problems for reformers were remedial: bringing in previously excluded populations, especially African-Americans and isolated Appalachians."

It's amazing how that basic goal is now branded as "radical" by too many Democrats as well as Republicans.

Queue the McCarthyists AgingAmerican Nov 2015 #1
I've already taken my anti-nausea medication in anticipation. Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #2
"In the same way, he sees a strong government as protecting individualism from an economy that... RiverLover Nov 2015 #3
Eloquent article! I wish the author, Jedediah Purdy, was Sander's speechwriter. femmedem Nov 2015 #4
I'm surprised at how many so called dems are against these ideals Doctor_J Nov 2015 #5
Some pick their candidate based on ideology and some pick their candidate based on brand loyalty. Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #6
And in a system that promotes that style of thinking...we're kind of in trouble. Gregorian Nov 2015 #10
If we're worried about that phenomenon, imagine if we were sitting at the country club and looking Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #12
How can they be Democrats if they're against these ideals. Enthusiast Nov 2015 #15
Amen. Whatever name we want to call it. This is what Bernie jwirr Nov 2015 #18
Great article...This hits nail on head Armstead Nov 2015 #7
One of the things I know that Eisenhower did was add a jwirr Nov 2015 #19
Bang-on. Sanders isn't radical. Present-day America is. DirkGently Nov 2015 #8
That sums it up pretty accurately. Gregorian Nov 2015 #9
k and r nashville_brook Nov 2015 #11
K&R cprise Nov 2015 #13
I love to publish this to show how far right our country has gone... tecelote Nov 2015 #14
100 years ago the Democratic Party was conservative and the Republican Party was liberal. FDR, JFK, Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #21
Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #16
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Nov 2015 #17
Regarding the European Democratic Socialism. These countries jwirr Nov 2015 #20
There are those who seem blind to history (hell, half of them can't remember back to 2008) Attorney in Texas Dec 2015 #25
"Bernie Sanders’s socialism is Eisenhower’s and F.D.R.’s world if Reagan had never happened: LWolf Nov 2015 #22
best line in the article Attorney in Texas Nov 2015 #23
Yep. nt LWolf Nov 2015 #24
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