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Friedman's term for it today is "collaborating with them to build progressive politics." -- GG
Who do we have to collaborate with to build some progressive politics in this country?
I realize that he means voting and ostensibly having a representative republic equals progress but, since the people are not represented in either case (perhaps in Iraq more so than here) who is that progress for? These neo-cons and fucking neo-libs say progressive when they mean politics that support their conservative, "free-market," hegemonic interests. That is what progressive means to them.