The great forgetting

We were once more scared of commies than of oligarchs. But things change.

I guess I’m in a glossing mood: I’d like to recommend Luke Savage’s “Socialism’s Critics Are Running On Empty” and endorse and expand on some of his thoughts.

Savage starts with some of the tantrums thrown by rightwingers over the recent political successes of Democratic Socialists (I’ve written about this too) and how absurd they must sound to normal pe…