eggscanfly

1423 pts ยท February 22, 2016


riperoni

... probably put them on the left. Bernie's own views are probably more left-wing than the policies he actually promotes.

5 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 1

It's true in the sense that Bernie/Warren's policies would be centre/centre-right in most of the developed world, but their rhetoric would

5 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 5

People seem to forget though that the purpose of a vaccine is to save lives & the economy... but we've already fucked up both.

5 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

To be fair, China's human rights record is shitty as hell but they have done amazing & well-documented things with cracking down on poverty

5 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 9

This is just a slippery slope argument. You can improve society by increasing Government intervention without going all the way to the USSR.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

'We don't need to improve society because at least you aren't crawling through barbed wire'... Really?

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Yeah, but that's like saying "i'm not that rich, all of my wealth is just in this mega-mansion behind me"

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

But there's no culture of saving for college in the UK because it used to be free here :/

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

[2/2] doubled its minimum wage with no noticeable impact on unemployment. (See reply for source)

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Higher incomes from a higher minimum wage can increase overall economic activity & counteract layoffs etc. Since 2000, the UK has [1/2]

5 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Canada & New Zealand both have collective ownership over things like healthcare & rail, & both have much stronger welfare states than the US

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's a Social Democracy, which is a form of socialism.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Fire departments are socialist though. They are collectively owned entities...

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

Under complete socialism, sure, but social democracy still counts as socialism & New Zealand is a social democracy.

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Fire departments are socialist though...

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 7

According to the McPoverty Calculator, $15/h wages would increase the cost of a burger by just 20c. [See below]

5 years ago | Likes 14 Dislikes 0

[citation needed]

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

forests, nuking hurricanes and water-bombing cathedrals.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

This whole 'Biden has dementia' strategy doesn't really work when you're defending a candidate who suggested injecting bleach, raking ...

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

orange fan sad ;(

5 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

We have the second highest per million death rate in the world...

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Libya was "liberated" in 2011, it's been nine years of basically anarchy since

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

True, but US death rate is growing at a much faster rate

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Just a couple of decades ago we had 'liberals' who opposed things like gay marriage

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I don't know if people actually become more conservative or if the standard of what constitutes conservatism just becomes more liberal

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