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0 pointsFabHK6y ago0 comments

It's not an uncritical cheerleader, though. They do support free trade and globalisation, yes, but also drug legalisation, gun control, carbon taxes, gay marriage, etc.

For US presidential elections, they endorsed Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton.

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jjeaff6y ago

Are you implying that because their record of presidential endorsements have a (D) after their name, we can thus infer they are critical thinkers?

FabHKOP6y ago

No, that was a second point: The Economist is often portrayed as a right-wing or libertarian magazine, and I think that's an unfair and inaccurate portrayal. The list of endorsements supports that (unstated) point.

(EDIT: typos)

hollandheese6y ago

They are a right-wing magazine (i.e. ardently pro-capitalist). Their endorsements support that idea. All of those candidates that they supported were also ardent supporters of capital.

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