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bemildred

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4. Reactionary politics is ubiquitous in the modern world.

Reply to PosterChild (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 01:13 PM

Mar 2014

That is no surprise in a period of such rapid change and migration of labor.

She makes the sound point that we ignore it at our own peril. If we do not truly help countries like Ukraine or Georgia, we will lose them, it is not some automatic thing that they will choose the western model. There are plenty of strong reactionary parties in the west too, our own Tea Party for one.

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Messy. My mind kept wandering to Assange while reading that for some reason. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #3

I always think of him eating his tie, when I see him jakeXT Mar 2014 #7

Yeah, that was rich. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #8

NATO is soooooo LGBT ??!!?? PosterChild Mar 2014 #2

Reactionary politics is ubiquitous in the modern world. bemildred Mar 2014 #4

I completely agree.... PosterChild Mar 2014 #5

That sounds like Woody Allen all right. bemildred Mar 2014 #6