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Re:The curious star appeal of Jordan Peterson by Synaesthesia on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:02PM (#16195413)
Bernie Sanders is no socialist, he’s basically a mainstream New Deal Democrat. His positions would not have surprised President Eisenhower, who said, in fact, that anyone who does not accept New Deal programs doesn’t belong in the American political system. That’s now considered very radical.

->https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/1115/Was-Eisenho...

Trump for me wasn't that different to any of the other Republican candidates, they all don't believe in global warming and have pretty much the same agenda. He just didn't dress things up and speak smoothly, like most politicians, but says it as it is.

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Re:The curious star appeal of Jordan Peterson by gizmo on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:39PM (#16195557)
I didn't say he was a socialist, I said he expressed socialist ideas. For example his calls for universal healthcare and free college.

As for Trump, the discussion was specifically about what people can _say_. Trump said things other politicians didn't dare say, and by doing so he made a big impact on the political discourse. As for his agenda, in a country of 325 million even small differences between republican candidates are really significant.

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