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In reply to the discussion: It would be nice if the far left, for once, did some introspection. [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)And also of an utter lack of introspection. He goes on and on about how bad everything is, and how it keeps getting worse.
And what does he do about it? First, he backed Nader in 2000. He backed Stein in 2016. He actually attacked Bernie Sanders for supporting Hillary Clinton in the general election.
The supreme irony is that people like Chris Hedges are a cause of all the problems that he complains about. If not for Nader, there wouldn't have been a W presidency. That means no Iraq War. It means no tax cuts for the rich. It means not losing 8 years in the race to slow down climate change.
You'd think that would be cause for introspection, right? I mean, if I put W into office, even if it was "accidental" (which it wasn't, Nader made it clear that he wanted W to win), I would be doing some serious questioning after that. But not far left idiots like Chris Hedges. Instead of learning from the 2000 debacle that he helped cause, Chris Hedges doubled down on it, doing everything within his power to move the country to the right and put as many Republicans as he can into office.