French Bernie, and 3 Ideologies…

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April 14, 2017 at 3:22 pm #67416

wv
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The ‘French Bernie Sanders’
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/as_french_election_nears_a_bernie_sanders-style_candidate_rises_20170411

“…rising star is the “French Bernie Sanders,” Jean-Luc Melenchon—another socialist from Sanders’ generation.

Last summer, after the spectacular challenge of Sen. Sanders came within striking distance of winning the Democratic nomination, I wrote that there are now three ideologies vying for control in Western politics:
1) The old order, seemingly in decline, represented by establishment center-left and center-right politicians;
2) the proto-fascist, ethnocentric nationalists of the far right; and
3) a reinvigorated, radical social-democratic challenge from the left….”

April 15, 2017 at 12:45 pm #67469

zn
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wv wrote:

1) The old order, seemingly in decline, represented by establishment center-left and center-right politicians;
2) the proto-fascist, ethnocentric nationalists of the far right; and
3) a reinvigorated, radical social-democratic challenge from the left….”

Leaving me pondering, which one do I choose?

Hmm.

April 15, 2017 at 4:51 pm #67473

Zooey
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zn wrote:

wv wrote:

1) The old order, seemingly in decline, represented by establishment center-left and center-right politicians;
2) the proto-fascist, ethnocentric nationalists of the far right; and
3) a reinvigorated, radical social-democratic challenge from the left….”

Leaving me pondering, which one do I choose?

Hmm.

I’m with Her.

And if you’re not, you’re a misogynist.
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