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Socialist Progressives

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2015, 03:09 AM Apr 2015

About 'economic' and social issues

This distinction between "economic" and "social" issues functions as a maintenance mechanism for liberal ideology. By artificially separating the economic and the social, the liberal is allowed to examine the various social ills of capitalism without questioning the base assumption of capitalism itself.

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About 'economic' and social issues (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 OP

Support for the well funded frontrunner requires that we maintain the separation. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #1

And this "divide and conquer" strategy TBF Apr 2015 #2

In a nutshell, nicely stated n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2015 #3

I should have said neo liberal Ichingcarpenter Apr 2015 #4

NYC_SKP

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1. Support for the well funded frontrunner requires that we maintain the separation.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2015, 03:23 AM

Apr 2015

We are to believe that the supposed strong support of social issues matters so much that we can forgive the war vote, the outsourcing, and the problems with inequity.

As you suggest and others concur, the two are inseparable.

What good is equal pay if it's not a living wage to begin with?

We're better than this. Much, much, better.