On the other hand, the left radicalizes: Corbyn became the leader of the Labour in the UK; Podemos took large part of former PSOE voters in Spain; FI/PG is about to overtake PS as the leading force of the left in France; Sanders showed surprising success in the Democratic primaries; and all or almost all of the aforementioned leftists are especially popular among youth. We'll see how it ends.
"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of 'Liberalism', they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened."
He went on to say: "I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democrat Party has adopted our platform."
Norman Thomas, Socialist Party presidential candidate, 1944.
Note he puts liberalism in quotes.
