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Written by Eric Zuesse
The difference between a liberal and a progressive is that whereas a liberal is fooled by liberal or ‘leftist’ billionaires’ ‘news’-media and candidates (emphasizing gay versus straight, man versus woman, black versus white, and everything BUT rich versus poor — since the Party is funded by billionaires), and is therefore a supporter of neoconservatism (U.S. imperialism, which all of America’s billionaires support), a progressive is NOT. A progressive isn’t fooled by either liberal or conservative billionaires (and their media), and is, instead against ALL imperialism, and all other forms of aristocracy (commonly called “dictatorship” since virtually all dictatorships are BY the super-rich, since the most-natural form of government is rule by the richest), and is 100% committed to democracy (rule by the public, instead of by the wealth. A progressive demands rule by one-person-one-vote, instead of by one-dollar-one-vote).
Here is a three-minute actual political debate, which took place 11 October 2022, in America’s most progressive state, Vermont, between the liberal (in this case, Democratic Party) candidate Becca Balint, versus the progressive (in this case, Republican Party) candidate Liam Madden, so that you can see a very direct contrast between them. They are contesting to become Vermont’s next lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Whereas in this debate there was no significant difference between them on other policy-issues, the contrast between them on policy toward (America’s latest imperial acquisition) Ukraine was stark and irreconcilable, even though the liberal candidate (Balint) tried to hide this starkness by saying that she doesn’t know enough to be able to express a view on that topic at this time, which is a blatant lie — false, as she herself even intimated there by falsely alleging that the war in Ukraine had been caused by Russia (and NOT by Barack Obama having couped Ukraine in 2014). Here is that 3-minute video:
Any politician who says that he/she doesn’t ‘yet’ know enough about an important topic because it is too important to be able to state their basic policy on it (in this case, that Balint supports the Democratic Party President’s — 100% neocon — position on it, and she evades saying so), is simply trying to deceive voters who like that candidate’s expressed views regarding OTHER topics (which billionaires don’t care as much about — such as equal rights for ALL persons), and she is therefore trying to steal a win by deceiving voters: the candidate intends to represent ONLY his/her funders (the major ones, to whom the candidate had made secret promises), and NOT the voters (and therefore supports actually the aristocracy, instead of the public). To win a public office by deceiving the voters is — if the country is supposed to be a democracy instead of an aristocracy — treason. Balint, in that debate, was acting as a traitor — to steal the voters’ trust (by means of a carefully calculated noncommittal public response to this extremely important public question), instead of to earn it (as Madden did by addressing the question head-on, forthrightly — making a clear commitment to the public on it).
The clearest sign of whether or not a candidate is a progressive (instead of a liberal) is the clarity of the candidate’s positions regarding the biggest and most controversial policy-issues. Whereas a progressive states one’s case so as to reduce ambiguity to a minimum, the liberal sticks with only labels and platitudes to impress and please the most fools, and to win the contest in that way.
That three-minute video clip encapsulates the difference between progressivism versus liberalism. It’s an enormous difference, which is almost invariably hidden instead of exposed in political debates. Because of a great moderator doing a great job, that debate was an exceptional exception to the norm. The test is therefore now on in Vermont to determine whether Vermont has more liberal voters than progressive voters, or, instead, more progressive voters than liberal voters. The result will show on November 8th. Vermont is the most-progressive state, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that it is a predominantly progressive state. (I am not making any prediction on that question. I am simply saying that this contest presents that test in the clearest way I’ve ever seen.)
From Wiki…..Rebecca A. Balint was born in a United States Army hospital in Heidelberg, West Germany, on May 4, 1968, to Peter and Sandra Balint, and was raised in Peekskill, New York. Her grandfather was killed during the Holocaust and her Hungarian-Jewish father immigrated to the United States in 1957.
She’s a Jew and Jews want slavs to kill other slavs while they sit on the sideline eating Kosher popcorn.
Jews want everyone else, germanic, latino, niggers, asians etc. to kill 3ach others while they sit on the sideline and sell them weapons…
Every jew you ever meet has some relative who died in the holocaust, yet the official global cenus pre and post WWII says the exact opposite. Same amount of jews globally less a few hundred thousand. Which will get you a prison sentence in Germany for bringing to people’s attention.
I wrote this article in favor of Liam Madden, not of Becca Balint (whom I criticized). Why is the focus of the reader-comments here against Balint on account of her having had ancestors who died in the Holocaust (and were probably Jews), instead of on account of her OWN politics? There are Jews with all sorts of political viewpoints, just as there are Christians, and just as there are Muslims, and etc. (including atheists), in each group, who vary widely in their political positions. Why should ANYONE be blamed for THEIR ANCESTORS???? You think that’s smart? I certainly DON’T. I think that the billionaires are happy that fools are plentiful enough to destroy democracy.
Labels are meant to simplify manipulating voters and particularly to exclude candidates among the many voters who rely on the globalist media.
“-You are sending our tax dollars to Nazis in Ukraine!” https://t.me/sputnik/15327?comment=717648
Simply reading the headline turned my stomach. We REALLY need to eradicate the left right game show.
Until you identify the JEW SICKNESS, none of your politics or economic bullshit matters. Remove the Jew sickness from all nations.
The ONLY thing that matters to those in power (billionaires, elites, communists, capitalists etc..) is Jew vs non-Jew. Until the stupid low IQ non-Jews wake up to the Jew Sickness nothing will change. Wake up! Destroy the nasty Jew sickness within all nations.
Excellent distinction. Katie Hobbs is another Liberal who refuses to state her position on anything. Another arrogant, evasive, dissembling DemoKKKRat.
There is none. They’re both evil ideologies that seek the death of all that is good and holy.
This is bunk. The progression to hell is this at least in the USA . Democrat … Liberal … Progressive … Communist … Satanist… and the string pullers in that arena are mostly joos from banking, the media, and academia.
nice clarification.. makes sense. Thanks Eric.