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Hmm, if liberals are so pro-business then why Bernie has so many fans?
by maverick_iceman 10y ago
Hmm, if liberals are so pro-business then why Bernie has so many fans?
- toomuchtodo 10y agoBecause he's a democratic socialist? I love tech as much as the next person, but disrupting wide swaths of the country's working populace and drastically increasing income inequality and increasing unemployment in an unsustainable manner, due to the leverage tech provides, and we step in with laws to override the marketplace. A government exists for all its citizens, after all. No man is an island.
- madgar 10y agoOn HN, all men are islands looking to dominate their island's native population. Nobody on this website wants to share wealth. It's about finding the product-market fit to achieve subjugation.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI'd agree that's the view of most HN participants, and it makes me sad.
- briandear 10y agoThese were that same exact arguments made against the car and airplanes. It's like history is repeating but people think they're living in unique times.
- sidlls 10y agoBernie's fans aren't liberals in the sense of the word as describes Democrats who are "liberal" (please see: "New Democrats", "Democratic Leadership Council").
- yazaddaruvala 10y agoThere is an argument that Bernie is a socialist and almost everyone that cares about Bernie is too. However, when it comes to American political parties, like the "modern" Sith, there can only be two!
- morgante 10y agoWhy do you think Bernie is inherently anti-business? A lot of things he proposed, like single payer health care, would actually be great for small businesses.