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[–] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

How is he selling anyone out? His interests are aligned with the bourgeoisie and he acts accordingly. Not that that's good, but the idea that politicians in a liberal democracy are "selling us out" when they don't act in our interests is a fundamental misunderstanding of the class relationship between the ruling class and the workers in capitalism.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    his lies are shameless, to be so brazenly false and to do it in a way that telegraphs that he fears no consequence (no immediate one will be likely to find him). it's the psychology of an entity that would never feel guilt.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago

    Oh, I totally agree. I just don't like seeing this talked about as "selling people out". He has genuinely never been on the side of the people he's hurting, so it's not a betrayal, and as I say I think it elides the class character of the relationship he has with workers/the nation as a whole to act as though it is a betrayal.

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