"This is why some Greens say the 2020 presidential race is not a challenge so much as an opportunity to expose Democrats. 'There is this growing cafeteria socialism where Democrats pick and choose elements here and there and put them on a platter because they sound conducive to running a progressive-sounding campaign,' Hunter said. 'If you are espousing Medicare for All and free college for everyone, but ultimately still allowing for capitalist interests to run amok… then you are not a socialist. You're just running on a platform that draws people in falsely.'"
Emily Atkin at The New Republic discusses left-wing disputes over the Green New Deal.
Friday, February 22, 2019
"It Pales in Comparison to Ours"
Labels:
2010s,
economics,
environment,
philosophy,
politics,
twenty-first century
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