Europe rejects Trumpism: Distinctly Catholic: The backlash against President Trump
MGB: If Trump has been laughed off the stage two years ago and JEB were president, the emerging social democratic movement (not quite that of Benedict, but close) would still be knocking on the door. What we are seeing now are the social democrats battling the neo-liberals for control of the Left. This is easier to do in Europe, which is more ideological than here, but not impossible. Austerity was harsher in Europe, because the banks were stronger than national governments and the continental government could do nothing to help. Brexit was as much a backlash against austerity as anything, but in the last race it became a distraction. Revoking austerity and taxing the rich more should have been the battle cry of the left. Where it is, we win.
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