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Interesting. I'm referring to the US associations; I think that's the cultural zeitgeist that the New York Times is more familiar with :-P Sort of the backlas
by azernik 10y ago
Interesting.
I'm referring to the US associations; I think that's the cultural zeitgeist that the New York Times is more familiar with :-P
Sort of the backlash to the right wing calling both European Social Democrats and American moves to expand the welfare state "socialist" as a term of abuse.
- vidarh 10y agoI honestly don't think Bernie would have had a chance at getting the kind of traction he got if the US right hadn't basically massively overplayed its hand by trying to tell a generation that grew up after the end of the cold war that Obama was a socialist. It led to a very strong, very noticeable shift in perception where a much wider group of Americans in discussions would start asking questions about socialism instead of shooting down any mention of it with insults.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoHe probably wouldn't have chosen to call himself a socialist if the American right hadn't watered down the term so much.