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Re:Hillary Clinton almost ran for president on a universal b... by matt_wulfeck on Thursday September 14, 2017 @07:22PM (#15253313)
I guess "reactionary populist" is squarely in the eye of the beholder, because I would consider any candidate proposing such drastic redistribution of wealth to be a reactionary populist also.
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Re:Hillary Clinton almost ran for president on a universal b... by ganeshkrishnan on Thursday September 14, 2017 @07:34PM (#15253381)
>candidate proposing such drastic redistribution of wealth to

Except this is unlikely and not happening now. Hillary could have exaggerated and talked about basic income but she didn't and lost a populist movement.

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