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turbinetree

(24,688 posts) Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:09 AM Mar 2019

Historian Rutger Bregman: Moderates Are The Real Fringe The Last Word MSNBC

I am being a realist.....................

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Historian Rutger Bregman: Moderates Are The Real Fringe The Last Word MSNBC (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2019 OP

He was a baby when Clinton was President. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author hedda_foil Mar 2019 #3

Excellent discussion of cilla4progress Mar 2019 #2

Heard it last night on O'Donnell. . . . brilliant. pdsimdars Mar 2019 #4

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

1. He was a baby when Clinton was President.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:27 AM

Mar 2019

His beliefs border on communism. (he doesn't believe in country borders, or having to work for income, believes the state should provide the basics for all citizens with no questions asked, etc. The flip side of that is that you can't prosper that much, and businesses won't fill the shelves with products for you to buy, since there's no profit in it.) He's way out there.

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cilla4progress

(24,723 posts)

2. Excellent discussion of

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 10:56 AM

Mar 2019

"socialism."

He's a Dutch historian. Spoke at Davos. Knows his shit, agree with him or not!

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)

4. Heard it last night on O'Donnell. . . . brilliant.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Mar 12, 2019, 01:38 PM

Mar 2019

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