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2016 Postmortem

Ken Burch

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7. At a pathetically bare minimum, 1)

Reply to WhenTheLeveeBreaks (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 17, 2016, 01:31 PM

Apr 2016

But really, it should be as close as possible to 2)

The truth is, in the post-1981 economy, "success" has had almost nothing to do with "merit". Mostly, what has been called "success" has been people getting richer by inflicting suffering on other people(through outsourcing, benefit cuts, wage cuts, and mass layoffs. Almost no one has become ultrarich since 1981 as a result of actually working any harder than anybody else or as a result of bringing anything positive to the world.

And y'know "equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome" is a Republican line. There's no excuse for a Democrat ever using right-wing rhetoric like that.

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Do you think the Democratic Party should fight for a "moral economy"? [View all] Ken Burch Apr 2016 OP

Not one defined by Sanders uponit7771 Apr 2016 #1

So now, you're just automatically against ANYTHING Bernie might possibly support? Ken Burch Apr 2016 #3

no uponit7771 Apr 2016 #4

Expanding Medicare for all, raising cap on SS, free and public post secondary schools Jackilope Apr 2016 #2

+100000000 CharlotteVale Apr 2016 #9

What is a "moral economy"? WhenTheLeveeBreaks Apr 2016 #5

At a pathetically bare minimum, 1) Ken Burch Apr 2016 #7

No reason to fling insults WhenTheLeveeBreaks Apr 2016 #8

No insult was intended. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #13

Bernie uses the words "an economy that works for all not just jwirr Apr 2016 #16

It's an economy that's used to improve the lives of people Lone_Wolf Apr 2016 #10

The party "leadership" should read Tom Franks new book tech3149 Apr 2016 #6

I said yes, but prefer to call it a fair economy. Do not like to bring up morality, GreenPartyVoter Apr 2016 #11

I was using the phrase because that was the term they used at the Vatican conference Ken Burch Apr 2016 #12

Yeah,no I understood where you were coming from, it's just that from a civil liberties standpoint GreenPartyVoter Apr 2016 #17

A moral economy must also take the environment into account. Electric Monk Apr 2016 #14

Absolutely. n/t. Ken Burch Apr 2016 #15

Isn't that what should be considered a FUNDAMENTAL DEMOCRATIC ISSUE? pdsimdars Apr 2016 #18