The NY Times recently published an essay titled “When Did Liberals Become So Comfortable with War?” (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/opinion/liberals-war-ukraine-gaza-israel.html) This is a conventional media trope–that the Democrats were not a party of war but have pivoted toward that position.
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In this episode Scott and Bob go into detail about how wrong this idea is! The Democrats, the Liberals, since the days of Woodrow Wilson have been aggressive and warlike. In search of global markets and investment, cheap labor and resources, liberalism demanded International reach, with bankers and eventually soldiers spanning the globe to expand American power . . . all part of the core Liberal ideology.
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