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  • April 14, 2017 at 3:22 pm #67416
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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
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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
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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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