Rigby5
Diamond Member
Its like a ancient B/W Pathe film. Liberals on the march! Liberal storm troopers topple & intimidate! I used to be a liberal, but that isn't what liberalism is about....Dogma and scare tactics and blacklists. I am so much younger than that now.
Yes, who calls themselves "liberals" seems to have changed greatly in the last 20 years.
But I identify it as the democratic party that has changed.
I am still the same liberal I always was, and am against war, against strong central government, etc.
...and yet you'd still vote for a Bernie, a Biden, or a Warren, who believes in a strong central government?
Have I taken crazy pills or something?
Hillary was for strong central government, but typically democrats have not been.
For example, in the 70s the republicans were strong on business, and business like war profits, they supported the military intervention in Vietnam.
Liberals are for individual liberties, so were then against the big military build up, and were against the war in Vietnam.
The only strong central government the liberals were for back 20 years ago, was civil rights, but that was really a judicial issue because the states were screwing up.
I lived under socialism in Wisconsin, with many socialist governors, mayors, etc., and they were not at all for centralization.
They were just fugal.
The city buses, school buses, garbage trucks, and snow plows were all owned by the county, so then then could use the same drivers for all of these, as needed. Great system. Saved lots of money over what 4 private companies would have cost.
Whoa. Look at your first sentence: The "typical" Democrats are being thrown out of the race, leaving the more radical Democrats. They are also losing power in the House, against the more radical leftist Democrats.
This is not the same Democrat Party of JFK, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, something has gone horribly wrong with them.
I agree the democrats have radically changed, but leftist would mean more populist, and I think the change has been more towards the wealthy elite, like bailing out banks instead of home owners, the War on Drugs, etc.