The heart of a leftist

[michael at ecst.csuchico.edu]

what country does have a sophisticated political culture?  I am not
defending the U.S.  I was fairly impressed with Cuba -- just talking with
people on the street, but my Spanish is beneath rudimentary.

furuhashi.1 at osu.edu writes:


> American political culture isn't very sophisticated, in my opinion. 
> Try arguing for national health care, and you find someone piping up, 
> "that's socialism!" in an effort to derail discussion.  There is an 
> ideological reason why America has the least developed welfare state 
> among rich nations, aside from rampant racism, and the culture of 
> red-baiting seems to me to be a big culprit.  The ACLU must be a CP 
> front, and Hilary Clinton a feminist radical, in the American 
> ideology.  :)

-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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