Bloomberg Bloviates and gets Booed

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1. WTF!

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3. Bloomberg: "If we want to stop demagogues,... that requires us to be more civil," LOL!

Some excerpts from his speech...

...candidates in both parties are blaming our problems on easy targets who breed resentment. For Republicans, it’s Mexicans here illegally and Muslims. And for Democrats, it’s the wealthy and Wall Street. The truth is: We cannot solve the problems we face by blaming anyone.

If we want to stop demagogues, we have to start governing again, and that requires us to be more civil, to support politicians who have the courage to take risks, and to reward those who reach across the aisle in search of compromise.

The most useful knowledge that you leave here with today has nothing to do with your major. It’s about how to study, cooperate, listen carefully, think critically and resolve conflicts through reason. Those are the most important skills in the working world, and it’s why colleges have always exposed students to challenging and uncomfortable ideas.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-04-30/here-s-your-degree-now-go-defeat-demagogues

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2. Another Clinton Surrogate

Big Surprise.

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4. "...many of Sanders’ economic views are similar to those of Pope Francis. Is he a demagogue also?"

One definition of a demagogue is “a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.” He or she would also be someone who is not good at working with others, not very tolerant, and not inclined to compromise in order to work for the common good. There is plenty of evidence, as Blumberg suggests, that both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz fit this description. But is Sanders to be considered a demagogue because he insists that the wealth gap and Wall Street are part of the problem that must be addressed in order to improve the common good?

As I recently pointed out, many of Sanders’ economic views are similar to those of Pope Francis. Is he a demagogue also? As far as Sanders’ ability to work with others and compromise is concerned, Blumberg should have noted last year’s piece “Bernie Gets It Done: Sanders’ Record of Pushing Through Major Reforms Will Surprise You.”

Walter G. Moss

About Walter G. Moss
Walter G. Moss is a professor emeritus of history at Eastern Michigan University. His most recent book is An Age of Progress?: Clashing Twentieth-Century Global Forces (2008). For a list of all his recent books and online publications, including many on Russian history and culture, go here: http://people.emich.edu/wmoss/pub.htm
COMMENTS

Rose says
May 1, 2016 at 7:37 pm

Hilarious, these elitists have been telling so many lies in the last 20 plus years, they actually believe it themselves.The fact that many countries in the world are doing the things Bernie wants for us AND yet the RICHEST country in the world can’t afford it, is at the very least ludicrous. So then it makes me wonder why this is? Have they secretly stolen all our money and we don’t know it just yet. There is way too much in offshore accounts, some of which we have found out about and I;ll bet that is only the tip of the iceburg. TIP for the common man: when a billionaire says we can’t afford it or that we want free stuff, it is because he wants that money for himself! Don’t listen to him!

https://www.laprogressive.com/sanders-is-no-demagogue/

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5. Poor baby n/t

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6. A$$hole emeritus

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7. So, I guess all those other industrialized nations are fake, then?

Because, we're they only one who doesn't offer some sort of single-payer and higher education plans.