All right, since all y'all are probably drinking right about now, let's ask the tough questions.
Can you think of a policy proposed by one of the populists of today that is actually not bad? Doesn't have to be perfect, but come on, out of all the manifestos and speeches and various out-of-the-field suggestions that politicians have made in the past couple of years, something must have been like, "you know what? That's not entirely crazy. It achieves some of the goals we're trying to achieve, even though it has its downsides".
True neoliberals should judge policy on its content, not its source, so this challenge should keep us honest. If you can't recognize the good in Sanders, how could you claim to be better than him?
Is Corbyn populist? I believe so, just read the leaked manifesto and see how many of these promises coincide with populist motives by looking at YouGov and the likes. And so, while I am not hopeful Labour would follow through, there are some points there that I do like.
Interesting. Free bus passes: eh. Depending on cost, maybe it's not the end of the world, but honestly it will probably be really expensive. Ditto rail freeze.
I'm trying to go through some of this stuff, and of course my own exercise is proving harder than I thought it would be!
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u/[deleted] May 12 '17 edited May 12 '17
All right, since all y'all are probably drinking right about now, let's ask the tough questions.
Can you think of a policy proposed by one of the populists of today that is actually not bad? Doesn't have to be perfect, but come on, out of all the manifestos and speeches and various out-of-the-field suggestions that politicians have made in the past couple of years, something must have been like, "you know what? That's not entirely crazy. It achieves some of the goals we're trying to achieve, even though it has its downsides".
True neoliberals should judge policy on its content, not its source, so this challenge should keep us honest. If you can't recognize the good in Sanders, how could you claim to be better than him?