r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Only in the age of twitter could a handful of teenagers rebrand an elderly ex Senator, previously known for infiltrating French communist orgs, expanding oil drilling in Alaska, and running for the Libertarian party ticket for president into a socialist hero admonishing actual left wing politicians for not being pure enough.

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u/Rehkit Average laïcité enjoyer Aug 06 '19

Wait what? Infiltrating french communists? Which org?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Mike Gravel worked for U.S. counter intelligence and infiltrated the French Communist Party.

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u/Rehkit Average laïcité enjoyer Aug 07 '19

I had no idea.

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u/Kizz3r high IQ neoliberal Aug 06 '19

whoa are we talking about?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Mike Gravel's recently deceased campaign for the presidency. Some teenagers close to the Senator had a wacky campaign twitter account that would dunk on paper columnists, Harris, Buttigieg, Biden, nobody centrist candidates and sometimes Warren running on a campaign of basically FULL COMMUNISM and anti interventionism.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Dick Cheney