Human Reform Politics - “The descent of Ralph Nader, from being one of the most respected and powerful public figures in the country to being an outcast, illustrates perhaps better than any other narrative the totality of our corporate coup and the complicity of the liberal class in our disempowerment. Nader’s marginalization was not accidental."
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The marginalization was reinforced by the Democratic party after the 2000 election. Anything to prevent the American people from seeing how poorly they are governed by the ruling class.
Hear, hear. Nothing like a Democrat to be first to object to exercise of democracy when it doesn't suit them.
We complain about GOP ignoring science when it comes to climate change. But when it comes to rent control, both left and right economists agree it is counter productive, but Dems just love to jump on board, regardless of what the experts say.
I was in LA and listening to an NPR radio show, in about 2012 I think. It was a call in show. Nader had just proposed that in the interests of democracy someone should challenge Obama for the nomination. The host and guest were completely opposed, and generally insulting toward Nader. Listeners were asked to phone in with their thoughts. Every single person who phoned said what a great man Nader was, and how it wasn't a bad idea! The host and guest were aghast and concluded by saying they'd have to come back to the topic next week, by which point I assume they'd have organized a few callers to tow the party line.
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