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In what way is Hillary Clinton a Marxist? That seems like a pretty outlandish statement directed towards someone with so much money and power

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You’re not aware of Hillary as Saul Alinsky’s disciple? It was a right wing staple for the entire campaign.

(Upvoted on the assumption that you're trying to educate people about the right's tactics rather than actually advancing this position - unfortunately a lot of people genuinely believe this, even upthread, so it's hard to tell from short comments.)

((And meanwhile, Alinsky's playbook did actually work wonders for the Tea Party.))

It’s been quite educating in the last few years how many in the techworld who consider themselves “left”, “moderate” or “libertarian” are completely unaware of their “opponents” memes.

The opposite of course is true, but I thought “we” were supposed to be more curious...

Hillary Clinton is a Marxist in the "I never read Marx and have no idea what Marxism is, but I'll slap the label on everything I don't like" sense.

See also: The GOP is apparently communist, now.

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