Liberal
The ‘far-left agenda’ is exactly what most Americans want
(8/29/2024) Bernie Sanders in the Guardian
Not Liberal
- Theocracy / like the Taliban
- White Supremacy / Christian Nationalism
- Anti Immigrant / Border Wall
- Science Denial
- Climate Denial
- Pandemic political interference
- More fossil fuel mining.
- More Mass Shootings / Less Safety
- Election Denial / Voter Suppression / Legislative override of voters
- Less Women’s Rights / Worse Healthcare
- End of Social Security
- Tax Cuts for wealthy impact vital services
- Minority Government for the wealthy / extreme wealth disparities
- Discrimination / Disdain for Human Rights / Torture
- Attacks on media
- Conspiracies / Qanon
- Book Burning
- Censorship: Schools, speech, academia, press
- Expensive College
- Corruption
- Russian / foreign interference
- Court Packing / Rule by the Supreme Court as long as Congress is gridlocked
- Red States lead the race for the bottom
- Corporate supremacy / weak anti-trust
- Labor Suppression / Union Busting / Offshoring Jobs
- Poor Social Programs / expensive healthcare, childcare, eldercare …
- Regulatory Capture
- Pollution / Drill Baby, Drill
- Attacks on Democracy
- Privatization of everything: schools, social security, prisons …
- Republican Scam
- Ratcheted up security
- No Privacy / Cellphone Tracks you / Cameras everywhere / universal surveillance
- Government Secrecy
- Control your sex life and love life
- Big Military / Preemptive War / Nuclear Weapons / Empire
- Oppose the UN and International Law
- One Party Government
- Corporate Supremacy overpowers democracy
- Cult-like following of a demagogue
- Party loyalists in high office, many inexperienced or unqualified
- Empire
- Fascism / This looks like a Wiemar moment
- We could lose WWII.
- Republican Path to Destruction
- Armed insurrection
- Republican History
- Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
Top Ten Reasons Liberals have the High Moral Ground (8/10/2021)
“Liberalism is an evolving political practice that makes the case for the necessity and possibility of (imperfectly) egalitarian social reform and ever greater (if not absolute) tolerance of human difference through reasoned and (mostly) unimpeded conversation, demonstration, and debate.” Adam Gopnik’s book: A Thousand Small Sanities.
British liberalism might aptly be termed "the revolt of reason," as its followers sought to wean the nation from its reliance on the twin powers of the church and the Crown. from Eric Alterman's "Why We're Liberal"
"Finland, the highest ranked country for the fifth year in a row, has one of the strongest social safety nets in the world, an exceptional education system, and low childhood poverty, according to the Sustainable Governance Indicators report by the Bertelsmann Foundation. The country also prioritizes work-life balance, allowing people to shape more of their time according to their own passions and curiosities.
With that in mind, here are the 10 happiest and unhappiest countries in the world, according to the World Happiness Report.
The 10 Happiest Countries in the World
- 1. Finland
- 2. Denmark
- 3. Iceland
- 4. Switzerland
- 5. Netherlands
- 6. Luxembourg
- 7. Sweden
- 8. Norway
- 9. Israel
- 10. New Zealand
From Global Citizen
America is NOT currently a functioning society! pic.twitter.com/YQsOWspJMk
— WOKE ANTIFA DAD SHOT #NAZIS #BlueWave2024 (@QuestBlackbeard) July 15, 2023
Links from Steve Kangas. See his FAQ page.
Bibliography
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities by John J. Mearsheimer
A Thousand Small Sanities, Adam Gopnik
Why We're Liberals, a Political Handbook for Post-Bush America:Eric Alterman
Paul Krugman: Conscience of a Liberal
Eric Alterman Why
We're Liberals A video (about an hour).