• gammison [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      It was all over the socialist circles, like the monthly review and the socialist register. The movement was just so small then, it was a really dark time 1990-2010ish.

    • Chomsky [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Not I! I was totally cynical in 2008. I was living in Japan at the time and my neighbour was from Florida (I'm Canadian and was overseas so I was perhaps quite insolated from the hype). He was OVER THE MOON that Obama got elected, not just becaues he was black, which was admittedly a milestone of note, but because he thought real substantive change was coming. I just said let's wait and see. He thought I was being a real asshole for raining on his parade, but here we are today.