I'm sure you're just giving liberal politicians too much credit by assuming that they aren't just craven slugs, willing participants in the hollowing out of society for profit. They don't believe things will get generally better from privatization, they believe things will get better for them specifically.
Now why the average liberal voter believes in this shit, it's probably just a mix of unconscious anti-communism and unexamined big-brain centrism that dictates that going to far either way would be too 'extreme' so a 'mixed' economy is by definition the best.
Remember a LibDem voter telling me nationalizing the trains was bad because it hurts the little guy. Didn’t really go on to explain any further but were adamant about it.
No. Her family runs some church group in the north of England. She had some weird beliefs. Big Bernie fan but hated Jeremy Corbyn, saying he was like Trump.
I'm sure you're just giving liberal politicians too much credit by assuming that they aren't just craven slugs, willing participants in the hollowing out of society for profit. They don't believe things will get generally better from privatization, they believe things will get better for them specifically.
Now why the average liberal voter believes in this shit, it's probably just a mix of unconscious anti-communism and unexamined big-brain centrism that dictates that going to far either way would be too 'extreme' so a 'mixed' economy is by definition the best.
Remember a LibDem voter telling me nationalizing the trains was bad because it hurts the little guy. Didn’t really go on to explain any further but were adamant about it.
It hurts all those mom and pop railroad companies
Is his uncle like a 4 foot tall railroad tycoon in a comically oversized tophat or something
No. Her family runs some church group in the north of England. She had some weird beliefs. Big Bernie fan but hated Jeremy Corbyn, saying he was like Trump.