Tim Pool belongs to a rare endangered species, old-school Liberals. They should not be confused with todays Left-Wing Extremists. Liberals were Left-of-Center--they were "progressive" on many issues but they still respected the Constitution (or most of it): free speech, the right to privacy, due process. Ultimately, they still believed in American Exceptionalism.
There was a time when "Cold War Liberals" walked the earth. They started getting outnumbered by the Far Left after the Cold War ended, when there was no longer a check on the Leftward drift in the Democrat Party. (Or for that matter, in the Republican Party.)
In today's Democrat Party "Centrist" means Socialist-Authoritarian, Left-of-Center means Communist-totalitarian. That's pretty much it.
Tim Pool belongs to a rare endangered species, old-school Liberals. They should not be confused with todays Left-Wing Extremists. Liberals were Left-of-Center--they were "progressive" on many issues but they still respected the Constitution (or most of it): free speech, the right to privacy, due process. Ultimately, they still believed in American Exceptionalism.
There was a time when "Cold War Liberals" walked the earth. They started getting outnumbered by the Far Left after the Cold War ended, when there was no longer a check on the Leftward drift in the Democrat Party. (Or for that matter, in the Republican Party.)
In today's Democrat Party "Centrist" means Socialist-Authoritarian, Left-of-Center means Communist-totalitarian. That's pretty much it.