My part of the world is full of people who, according to most of my liberal friends, “vote against their own interests”.
The suspension, imposed this past September without a public announcement, came as the government launched a review of all fetal tissue research funded by the federal government.
Instead of democratic capitalism, I propose that democratic socialism serve as the regulative ideal of our life together. Socialism, or something like it, is the settled conclusion of a society that values democracy. Capitalism seeks to grow the economy while managing inequality. Democratic socialism seeks to secure economic well-being while rearranging the power and productive relationships that create inequality.
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