For liberals, capitalism is the only proven method of bringing the greatest number of people possible out of poverty. For leftists, capitalism is the cause of, rather than the solution to, poverty, and must be extinguished through the elimination of free markets and the greater centralization of state power over the economy and individual decision-making. As for nationalism and patriotism, liberals believe in the necessity of nation-states that have borders, citizenship, and sovereignty, while leftists believe only in open borders and that all human beings should be “citizens of the world.”
Literally no one ever says this. it is SO DISHONEST to misquote your opponents in order to dunk on them. No one ever says ELIMINATE free markets or borders, my god. Do people sincerely believe this stuff? Horribly irresponsible to pander to a right wing audience with these kinds of credentials; people will see the Columbia degree and think you know what you're talking about, and then you're throwing around this outrageous inflammatory rhetoric. Shame on you.
