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A telling problem with scolding Sanders about economic determinism

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Carl Beijer
Jul 22, 2015
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This idea that Bernie Sanders is an economic determinist is obvious baloney and leans on a stereotype of radicals that’s more than a hundred years out of date, but it’s also worth noting that even the people concern trolling him about this aren’t actually concerned.

The proof is obvious if you just think about it for two seconds. If Sanders and his suppo…

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