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Keeping the United States in a perpetual state of crisis is a tremendous boon to the Russians. This crisis is used by the far left to drum up support for the causes they hold dear. As Tad Devine, senior adviser to the Bernie Sanders campaign and deposed Ukrainian dictator Victor Yanukovych once said, "Crisis is our brand".



From the perspective of leftists, this is the only motive that makes sense, as the new Russia is just as much the ideological rival of the left as the Soviet Union was the right.



The left’s affiliation with the Kremlin can be explained better via the “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” principle. Marx long taught that Communists should make any such alliances as are helpful toward the ultimate goal of dissolving the State. Russia's state-controlled economy, which promises to keep “big capital” in check, has proved attractive as a model for many anti-capitalists.



The trouble is that all this crisis and empowered radicalism gives both sides many opportunities to incite mayhems, and if these tendencies are not held in check by a strong and involved middle class, they tend to polarize their own atmospheres to the mutual detriment of all.


America is not alone in having experienced troubles with leftist radicalism of the type that caused the supporters of Bernie Sanders to riot in the streets of Washington last summer, causing the goblins in the Kremlin to chortle with hideous glee at the forced resignation of DWS, the Democratic party chairman.

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In America, we are experiencing many problems with so- called progressives who are still insisting, in the face of the overwhelming evidence that keeps piling up, that "the Russia thing" is simply a distraction from the main issue, that in their view being how the DNC cheated Bernie Sanders. These people are doing the entire human race a grand disservice.



By turning a blind eye to the machinations of the most nakedly aggressive power to arise in the world since Hitler's Third Reich, they are in fact helping to make possible the same specific chaotic social conditions that in the past allowed far right populist movements like Germany's National Socialism to thrive in the first place.


They don't understand that they are being duped by people who long ago grew cynical and bored regarding the sorts of dreams and theories Bernie Sanders is espousing. After all, they invented most of it, and more a hundred years ago.



The "socialism" advocated for by the mountebank Bernie is a cheap regurgitation of Marx and Lenin, two writers among many that your average Sanders supporter has not read. Having been dazzled by these ideas during their conception, the Russians now understand only too well how they can dazzle others also.

Joementum posted:

I'm not convinced that single payer would pass as a ballot initiative.

Condiv posted:

this was posted in r/democrats

Radicalism at Home and Abroad- Sanders, Trump, and Destability Tactics in Russia- Part2



they really love this psychotic trash for some reason, even though the piece consistently claims links between putin and bernie sanders but never backs them up. anyway, it seems the hillary faithful are going well off the deep-end and calling anyone who doesn't align with them completely russian synchophants.

Joementum posted:

I'm not convinced that single payer would pass as a ballot initiative.

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I would say most poor whites are lazy losers or made poor personal decisions. Not all, but most. But don't worry, us Democrats want to raise your minimum wage.

Condiv posted:

Raskolnikov38 posted:

neither does kaiser nor genentech apparently

etalian posted:

They spent around 70 million dollars to block Bernie's drug price reform referendum.

UHD posted:

I too judge people based on their tweets

https://twitter.com/Strange_Animals/status/876148701017681921

I judge these animals adorable

i'm sure there's a political point in there somewhere but I don't care

Condiv posted:

Agnosticnixie posted:

If Jezza wins the next british elections (which are probably going to be pretty soon) I full expect the bad dems to go full blown Domino Theory, the Return about foreign policy and how to handle social democrats abroad.

SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:

A single payer referendum in the midterm would cause high turn out. But aren't the Dems pretty safe in CA?

Condiv posted:

this was posted in r/democrats

Radicalism at Home and Abroad- Sanders, Trump, and Destability Tactics in Russia- Part2



they really love this psychotic trash for some reason, even though the piece consistently claims links between putin and bernie sanders but never backs them up. anyway, it seems the hillary faithful are going well off the deep-end and calling anyone who doesn't align with them completely russian synchophants.

Nonsense posted:

Was this a move to protect Brown from attacks, as now, he wouldn't have to veto it?

Subjunctivitis posted:

Democrats: "...and some Hindus won't eat beef because cows are sacred animals to them. Also, the sky is blue, 2+2=4, and so on."

Leftist (waiter): "Pardon, but I asked if you'd like a soup or salad before your lobster risotto."

the leftist waiter is me

rudatron posted:

laffo, bad dems finally outing themselves as closet republicans

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You might not be poor, but I'm sure you don't have much of a career. Otherwise you wouldn't be blaming corporations for your lovely life.

SKULL.GIF posted:

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For $100 or 20% more, the LG G6 shits all over the OP5.

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I mean it has a far superior camera, far superior screen, and far superior overall design.

Keep humping your piece of poo poo phone you drydicked nerd.

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Good thing I have an S8, nerd. Enjoy your trash 3T that you probably paid more for.

SKULL.GIF posted:

What kind of pathetic life do you need to lead to worship corporations and devices?

Joementum posted:

lol I missed this

https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/status/879139869196505088

GalacticAcid posted:

Oh unless rahm counts I guess

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

these people will vote trump over zuck on the basis that he said anything about UBI

i guarantee it

UHD posted:

I will vote for a literal bucket of poo poo over zuck regardless of how many lefty talking points he spews out of his dumb hole

he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

a literal bucket of poo poo or Rodney Stooksbury (a man who does not exist) are better than tromp tho

Nonsense posted:

I will do everything to defeat Zuck

Nonsense posted:

Was this a move to protect Brown from attacks, as now, he wouldn't have to veto it?

Raskolnikov38 posted:

no brown is term limited and has no political future excepting perhaps the weirdest presidential run of 2020

fits my needs posted:

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

a literal bucket of poo poo or Rodney Stooksbury (a man who does not exist) are better than tromp tho

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/879007699530260480