In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche
Sanders and Corbyn are as different as the United States and the United Kingdom, but at the end of the day, their success is being pushed by economic discontent. The countries and candidates might be different, but the frustrations are the same, and so are some of the results.
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Sanders’ goal is to create a European-style welfare state in America or to at least bring many of the fixtures of one, such as single payer health insurance, to America. That would seem like a socialist goal, but here’s something interesting: Such welfare states can be very good for capitalism and the stock market.
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