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Old 08-15-2016, 04:22 PM   #92
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher View Post
Ensuring public services are accessible, efficient, and sustainable doesn't arouse anything close to the enthusiasm among the new left as a good old-fashioned moral crusade.
You're confusing loudness with popularity. Which of Sanders and Clinton was the moral crusader?

Obama didn't go on a moral crusade either. He portrayed himself as "the adult in the room" (as Jon Stewart described him). He's pretty much the poster-boy for the modern mainstream left. Extremely centrist, get smart guys to find cost-effective solutions, F morality. (As was most evident with the drone-bombing campaign.)
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