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CanSocDem

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7. One more word from me...
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 09:20 AM
Oct 2015

...before we go shoulder-to-shoulder into the global fight for social democracy.

What I did notice at our planning meeting was that our core supporters are grey-haired boomers who have a fundamental understanding of the difference between private and public ownership. They have personal experience with concepts like social justice and economic equality. They think these values are so self-evident and necessary in civilized society that they don't have to be promoted.

I think we have to 'get back to the basics' with this born after, entitled, generation.

They don't get that were it not for the long historical commitment to the public interest, they would not have gotten to 3rd base. They think they 'hit a triple' (pardon the baseball metaphor) and this gives them the confidence to take pride in personal achievement over the community interest.

Just writing this makes me aware of how much I despise these mindless fucks....


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