Reply #19: Don't get me wrong.

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I'm socially liberal as all get out. But I get worried when everything is defined in terms of the social issues, and people don't realize how it's all worthless if you're just a wage slave, or if there this hegemony which totally controls your life and destiny, while denying you the fruits of your labor and your economic autonomy. The illusion of choice in the marketplace of beliefs is the opiate of the masses, perhaps.

I would take the 100% economic liberal program and 50% social liberal program candidate any day--because, if I'm in control of my economic destiny, nobody is in control of me socially. But, you know, this isn't even a choice you have to make as a Democrat. Cuomo and Kucinich have some socially conservative views, but they never were dumb enough to try to legislate them. Most Democrats who have personal views which are conservative are able to draw the line between their publice role and their private beliefs. And if they don't, they rarely are 100% economically liberal, so I'm not voting for them anyway (or only voting for them if they're the best of a bunch of bad choices).