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(8,352 posts)And so many are so young and uneducated that they are not aware of anything that wasn't on iTunes or Buzzflash or Tumblr last month.
All political economic theories and philosophies from the 19th century onward have dealt with the reality that economics is the relationship between peoples in a culture and how we treat each other within those relationships.
Gay marriage is not about family and religion accepting it. No, it is about parity of economics such that a husband can make decisions for his husband in the case of an emergency. A lesbian couple can get the same tax benefits that married heterosexuals enjoy.
Gender equality is not about have neutral colored legos or letting a little girl play baseball. It is about paying women in the workplace for the work they do equal to the same man doing the same job.
You remove the drugs and poverty from these inner city neighborhoods and there will be far less violence between 'cops and criminals'.
Economic justice has always preceded social justice. Property rights are individual human rights. Marx's critique of capitalism and Smiths critique of mercantilism show this reality if only people would read it and look towards the foundations in history.
Instead, Democrats will nominate people who have "evolved" on social justice issues while at the same time putting forth the sickest & most repugnant economic neo-liberal policies and foreign policy neo-conservative policies. The Republicans are no better as they pander to the basest instincts of scared and broke human beings by only offering them the illusion of future wealth, guns, and a vengeful authoritarian god.
Until we return to the New Deal economic realities, we can forget any real chance for economic or social justice change in the future of this country.