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"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani aren't cold war socialists committed to central planning, vanguardism and foreign dictatorships. They are democratic pragmatists who support civil and political liberties, good governance and expanded public services." www.economist.com/letters/2026...

economist.comWere we too quick to attack “Gen Z socialism”? | Jun 20th 2026 EditionAlso this week Trump and judges, crime in Britain, “Star Trek” and war, Ethiopia’s prime minister, edible medical devices

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a liberal is not even a leftist. and Mandani is more like a social democrat. the same cant be said about AOC. as someone from US, the first thing you have to understand is that any politician up there is an enemy of the world until they prove themselves the contrary. liberal, socdem, socialist...

"There are illiberal ideas on the left, but it's the liberal ideas that are attracting followers. We should ask ourselves why we so often find socialists expressing our values better than our fellow liberals." www.economist.com/letters/2026...

economist.comWere we too quick to attack “Gen Z socialism”? | Jun 20th 2026 EditionAlso this week Trump and judges, crime in Britain, “Star Trek” and war, Ethiopia’s prime minister, edible medical devices

It seems like the same thing as when the Robert’s court chooses to not go along with some insane Kasmaryck decision. It is just a palette cleanser so people can see how both sides they are and thus make them more effective at achieving their ideological goals.