JimBowie1958
Old Fogey
- Sep 25, 2011
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I sure hope so as we need real solutions that work in the real world, not Marxist ideological horse shit.
Nordic Socialism has a good track record and the use of a UBI to replace welfare are good starters.
We need to leave the politics of envy and class warfare in the dustbin of history, no matter how badly the Oligarchs deserve it.
To the right end of the spectrum we need to temper capitalism with humanitarianism and a community interest in keep the whole of our nation and by extension all of humanity safe, secure, content and not in want or deprived.
We need to resume the climb toward finding the handholds for a common future of integrity, dignity, and promise for everyone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/world/americas/latin-america-colombia-brazil.html?_r=0
“We are facing a historical turning point in the region; some are talking about a throwback,” Mr. García Linera said, comparing the current situation to previous periods of conservative resurgence in Latin America. “We must relearn what we learned in the ’80s and ’90s, when everything was against us.”
As leaders on the left pick up the pieces in parts of Latin America, their dilemma now resembles that of the conservative politicians they long struggled to dislodge.
“We can think of the shift as a Latin American variant of the West’s blossoming romance with anti-establishment movements,” Mohamed A. El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz, the German financial services giant, wrote in a recent essay. “For now, rightist parties and policy agendas are the main beneficiaries of the region’s economic and social disillusion.”
Nordic Socialism has a good track record and the use of a UBI to replace welfare are good starters.
We need to leave the politics of envy and class warfare in the dustbin of history, no matter how badly the Oligarchs deserve it.
To the right end of the spectrum we need to temper capitalism with humanitarianism and a community interest in keep the whole of our nation and by extension all of humanity safe, secure, content and not in want or deprived.
We need to resume the climb toward finding the handholds for a common future of integrity, dignity, and promise for everyone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/world/americas/latin-america-colombia-brazil.html?_r=0
“We are facing a historical turning point in the region; some are talking about a throwback,” Mr. García Linera said, comparing the current situation to previous periods of conservative resurgence in Latin America. “We must relearn what we learned in the ’80s and ’90s, when everything was against us.”
As leaders on the left pick up the pieces in parts of Latin America, their dilemma now resembles that of the conservative politicians they long struggled to dislodge.
“We can think of the shift as a Latin American variant of the West’s blossoming romance with anti-establishment movements,” Mohamed A. El-Erian, the chief economic adviser at Allianz, the German financial services giant, wrote in a recent essay. “For now, rightist parties and policy agendas are the main beneficiaries of the region’s economic and social disillusion.”
