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I miss the left that took Chomsky's "manufacturing consent" seriously

• _ofdw 4y ago
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  • naoqj 4y ago
    "Everybody who voted for a candidate who I don't like is a sociopath" is not a good recipe for nuance.
    • _ofdw 4y ago
      >"Everybody who voted for a candidate who I don't like is a sociopath" That's neither an accurate nor a very charitable interpretation of what I wrote, but I suppose I expect no less from HN. "Right wing sociopaths exist" != "All republican voters are sociopaths"
• dundarious 4y ago
  I think people who self-identify as lefties still do, but they’ve had almost no political influence since LBJ left office, so since before its publication (I know that seems like a contradiction in order of events, but I just mean the constituents of the same political tendency over time). What is termed “the left” in popular news media definitely does not, but that has been the case practically since it’s publication. Since the Clinton turn at least.