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JHB

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3. Very true. Most of the liberal/lefty policy points can be put in star-spangled terms, but...

Reply to gulliver (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:38 AM

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...many are too wedded to their accustomed terminology to shift. They think they just need to educate the public.

They forget that this is politics: the goal is not education, it is persuasion. Education can come along or follow after, but it's not what you rely on up front.

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