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Every minute of every day, the media and most Americans yell about how the Democrats are going "too far left." For the rest of the world, this is an absurd statement, but the average American believes it...why? In this episode, we're talking about the Democrats, how left-wing they really are, and why socialism has never really found a foothold in the United States.
How Left Is The American Left...And Why Didn't Socialism Catch On Here? – Second Thought
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Citations and Further Reading:
Yugopnik’s video (on the red scare)
youtube.com/watch?v=1bqc9xZV1nE&t=346s
Wikipedia/Political Compass
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States
politicalcompass.org/uselection2020
politicalcompass.org/uk2019
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Left
Quick note about Bernie & social democracy
theglobalist.com/bernie-sanders-socialist-politics-elections
qz.com/1805692/bernie-sanders-isnt-a-democratic-socialist-he-is-a-social-democrat
UK politics
ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/wmatrix/ukmanifestos2017/localpdf/Conservatives.pdf
labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Real-Change-Labour-Manifesto-2019.pdf
bbc.com/news/election-2019-50524262
bbc.com/news/election-2019-50501411
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)#Economic_policy
EU Parliament
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20190612STO54311/parliament-s-seven-political-groups
Eric Foner’s take
jstor.org/stable/4288545
Why is there no socialist USA?
doi.org/10.1177/0725513609353716
taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429303692-2/socialism-united-states-seymour-martin-lipset
(before you read ^) eh.net/page/47/?s=US+economy
books.google.com/books?id=_OG54CMBjAIC&printsec=frontcover
books.google.be/books?id=FPiM8oMA9xgC&printsec=frontcover
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Every minute of every day, the media and most Americans yell about how the Democrats are going "too far left." For the rest of the world, this is an absurd statement, but the average American believes it...why? In this episode, we're talking about the Democrats, how left-wing they really are, and why socialism has never really found a foothold in the United States.
How Left Is The American Left...And Why Didn't Socialism Catch On Here? – Second Thought
SUBSCRIBE HERE: bit.ly/2nFsvTS
New video every Friday!
Citations and Further Reading:
Yugopnik’s video (on the red scare)
youtube.com/watch?v=1bqc9xZV1nE&t=346s
Wikipedia/Political Compass
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States
politicalcompass.org/uselection2020
politicalcompass.org/uk2019
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Left
Quick note about Bernie & social democracy
theglobalist.com/bernie-sanders-socialist-politics-elections
qz.com/1805692/bernie-sanders-isnt-a-democratic-socialist-he-is-a-social-democrat
UK politics
ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/wmatrix/ukmanifestos2017/localpdf/Conservatives.pdf
labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Real-Change-Labour-Manifesto-2019.pdf
bbc.com/news/election-2019-50524262
bbc.com/news/election-2019-50501411
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)#Economic_policy
EU Parliament
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20190612STO54311/parliament-s-seven-political-groups
Eric Foner’s take
jstor.org/stable/4288545
Why is there no socialist USA?
doi.org/10.1177/0725513609353716
taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429303692-2/socialism-united-states-seymour-martin-lipset
(before you read ^) eh.net/page/47/?s=US+economy
books.google.com/books?id=_OG54CMBjAIC&printsec=frontcover
books.google.be/books?id=FPiM8oMA9xgC&printsec=frontcover
Follow and Support Second Thought!
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About Second Thought:
Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome!
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